What if ??
It is 4am having difficulty sleeping and find myself wondering what it was like before we became the church. I am wondering what it was like for the first ones who choose to believe him and to build their lives around him.
I find myself asking "What if ...? kind of questions. Questions like, what if there were no computers or mobile phones, websites or conference calls. What if there were no fax machines or telephones, no TV or radio, no movies, no multi media presentations. What if there were no sound systems, electric guitars or synthesizers, no leadership seminars.
What if all we had was each other and our stories of our experience of Jesus. No leather bound bibles with cross references and concordances. Just the odd letter from one of Jesus' personal friends sharing some of their thoughts with us about this life we have chosen to live. And if we were lucky may some portion of the Jewish scriptures that we would have read and explained to us once a week. Would it be enough, would we stick around, would we survive as the church of God or would we simply ...?
I find myself asking "What if ...? kind of questions. Questions like, what if there were no computers or mobile phones, websites or conference calls. What if there were no fax machines or telephones, no TV or radio, no movies, no multi media presentations. What if there were no sound systems, electric guitars or synthesizers, no leadership seminars.
What if all we had was each other and our stories of our experience of Jesus. No leather bound bibles with cross references and concordances. Just the odd letter from one of Jesus' personal friends sharing some of their thoughts with us about this life we have chosen to live. And if we were lucky may some portion of the Jewish scriptures that we would have read and explained to us once a week. Would it be enough, would we stick around, would we survive as the church of God or would we simply ...?
posted by tony at
3:52 AM
2 Comments:
The Church without a full cannon and an ipod? Is it possible? I believe so. Modern Christians can tend to be exceptionally fickle. I think Bonhoeffer said it best, "When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die." The modern church tends to be wary of such a statement. Christianity is not always pretty nor convenient, but it is truth.
Hey Nick, you sound like a kindred spirit, thanks for your comment - apart from Bonhoeffer I recommend a read of the writings of Eugene Peterson i.e Subversive Spirituality & Working the Angles
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