Wednesday, October 24, 2007

What is being served at your Church? By Rev. Charles J. Paul


Today we live in a culture of cooks. Everyone knows someone who loves to cook. And everyone knows someone like me who loves to eat. Some people cook very health food and others not so healthy food.

In light of being here in Lake Mary Florida, with theologians that truly have a heart to serve in context all of Holy Scripture. And I myself can see that my apatite for God’s Word has increased over the last few days, along with hundreds of other men who have been called to PREACH HIS WORD.

I wanted to show you briefly that there is a recipe that is being served up by the seeker sensitive churches that is not producing a very healthy if at all Christian.

So let’s compare the to recipes




The New and Improved Seeker-Sensitive Recipe for Making Disciples

Heaping Portions of Culturally Appealing Entertainment
Generous Scoops of Songs That Have Little or No Doctrinal Content
Buckets of Sermons That Teach Practical Self-Help Lessons and Pop-Psych Mixed With a Sprinkling of Out-of-Context Bible Verses
The Yeast From a Small Group Study Lead by Un-Trained Lay-People Who Pool Their Biblical Ignorance by Asking the Question, “What Does This Verse Mean to You?”


The Biblical Recipe for Making Disciples - Acts 2:42

A Tenacious Devotion to the Teaching of the Apostles (God’s Word Proclaimed in Song and Sermon) Under A Trained Pastor - 2 Tim 4:1-2, 2 Tim 2:2
Fellowship
Breaking of Bread (Lord's Supper)
Prayers

Which recipe is your church cooking with?

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