Comments on: Contemporary Worship http://axegrinder.org/2006/06/30/contemporary-worship/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:15:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Russell http://axegrinder.org/2006/06/30/contemporary-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-2122 David Russell Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:22:33 +0000 http://axegrinder.org/?p=67#comment-2122 I'm not saying we disregard the people groups that are attempting to destroy the fabric of the modern church through liberal "free thought", but at times I wonder how much of God's resources and strength we waste battling those who know the Truth and distort it, rather than seeking to deliver the Truth to those who are lost. I think we should be resolute in defending our faith, especially against groups that would persuade others that an anti-biblical lifestyle such as homosexuality is biblical. Homosexuality is plainly against God. But I think we are often poor stewards when we try to "change" their thinking. That's God's job not ours. If they've heard the Truth and chosen to abandon it in favor of immorality or false doctrine, then we've got to move on and trust that the Holy Spirit will convict. As to your opening thoughts, I think we should consider The Great Commission before we draw the battle lines in our own camp over things like contemporary worship. We get so caught up in ourselves and what "our" church should or shouldn't be doing that we miss God altogether. I’m not saying we disregard the people groups that are attempting to destroy the fabric of the modern church through liberal “free thought”, but at times I wonder how much of God’s resources and strength we waste battling those who know the Truth and distort it, rather than seeking to deliver the Truth to those who are lost. I think we should be resolute in defending our faith, especially against groups that would persuade others that an anti-biblical lifestyle such as homosexuality is biblical. Homosexuality is plainly against God. But I think we are often poor stewards when we try to “change” their thinking. That’s God’s job not ours. If they’ve heard the Truth and chosen to abandon it in favor of immorality or false doctrine, then we’ve got to move on and trust that the Holy Spirit will convict.

As to your opening thoughts, I think we should consider The Great Commission before we draw the battle lines in our own camp over things like contemporary worship. We get so caught up in ourselves and what “our” church should or shouldn’t be doing that we miss God altogether.

]]> By: cami http://axegrinder.org/2006/06/30/contemporary-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 cami Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:01:00 +0000 http://axegrinder.org/?p=67#comment-2116 Oh my gosh! Where did the church go? When left to man, God's will becomes a desert. We are going to be wondering in that desert for a lot more than 40 years at this rate. The phrase "As far as the East is from the West" may be even farther than we imagined when the church politics encompasses scriptural sin to become a common place of worship. It seems that the sin is being worshipped and embraced instead of God. It is all about promoting who is welcome instead of promoting the one who welcomes. Oh my gosh! Where did the church go? When left to man, God’s will becomes a desert. We are going to be wondering in that desert for a lot more than 40 years at this rate. The phrase “As far as the East is from the West” may be even farther than we imagined when the church politics encompasses scriptural sin to become a common place of worship. It seems that the sin is being worshipped and embraced instead of God. It is all about promoting who is welcome instead of promoting the one who welcomes.

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