Christianity-Lite
There was a cartoon not long ago that really caught my eye and slapped me in the face all at the same time. There was a church building and the sign out front read. “Welcome To The Lite Church.” And below the name it read…..
We have 50% fewer commitments than the regular Churches.”
We are the home of the 10 minute sermon.
And the 45 minute worship service.
And the 5% tithe.
We have 7 commandments, take your pick.
We have everything you ever wanted in a church and less.
We live in the Lite generation. The alcohol consuming portion of our population loves light beer. We have light salad dressings, lite margarine and even lite ice cream. We have Diet Coke and we drink it in the hope we can eat more lite ice cream. Is it any wonder then that we are sometimes drawn to lite Christianity?
Christianity-Lite, it taste great but doesn’t make demands upon us. Christianity-Lite, it taste great but doesn’t have any consequences.
Christianity-Lite, it taste great and doesn’t require any commitment.
The world is lost and what we many times have to offer them is a decaffeinated Christianity. It tastes like the real thing but it won’t keep you awake at night. A decaffeinated Christianity that ignores the 2000 verses of scripture that talks about the poor and outsiders.
A decaffeinated Christianity that ignores the hundreds of verses that talk about evangelism and reaching the lost.
A decaffeinated Christianity that ignores the over 150 verses of scripture that talk about giving of our means.
And a decaffeinated Christianity that ignores almost 100 verse in the New Testament that talks about service and servant hood.
If Jesus Christ were here today what would he have to say about our brand Christianity.
We have 50% fewer commitments than the regular Churches.”
We are the home of the 10 minute sermon.
And the 45 minute worship service.
And the 5% tithe.
We have 7 commandments, take your pick.
We have everything you ever wanted in a church and less.
We live in the Lite generation. The alcohol consuming portion of our population loves light beer. We have light salad dressings, lite margarine and even lite ice cream. We have Diet Coke and we drink it in the hope we can eat more lite ice cream. Is it any wonder then that we are sometimes drawn to lite Christianity?
Christianity-Lite, it taste great but doesn’t make demands upon us. Christianity-Lite, it taste great but doesn’t have any consequences.
Christianity-Lite, it taste great and doesn’t require any commitment.
The world is lost and what we many times have to offer them is a decaffeinated Christianity. It tastes like the real thing but it won’t keep you awake at night. A decaffeinated Christianity that ignores the 2000 verses of scripture that talks about the poor and outsiders.
A decaffeinated Christianity that ignores the hundreds of verses that talk about evangelism and reaching the lost.
A decaffeinated Christianity that ignores the over 150 verses of scripture that talk about giving of our means.
And a decaffeinated Christianity that ignores almost 100 verse in the New Testament that talks about service and servant hood.
If Jesus Christ were here today what would he have to say about our brand Christianity.
posted by Toney Stowers at 8:00 PM
1 Comments:
I meant to comment about this one much earlier and just forgot to do it. I've read this article and listened to your outstanding sermon. The Hurricane Church is blessed to have you there loving and ministering to them.
So true about the lite commitment. The more I'm around this game, the more I think that one of the functions of preaching is to make lite commitment impossible. That means that if you are at a church which has swollen Sunday morning numbers from "lite Christians" the legitimate response to an authentic message from God will be rejection. We must make our peace with that. It's God's vineyard, and at times it needs pruned. A church will never grow while catering to the lite; it will only grow as it strives for the light.
Oh well, don't want to turn this into one of my own blogs. I'll probably just write on this myself in a minute. :)
Remember, God's plan for your life is good! :)
Grace & Peace,
Steve Kenney
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