this was a blog i wrote a while ago but thought i would share it anyways.
Since when has the word “change” been equal or greater to the definition of “fixing” something? And right now you may be thinking that I am going to talk about politics and as much as I would love to I will refrain, as much as I feel what I am saying can apply to the political bull crap that is going on I will not go there. What I want to know is why we use this idea of “changing”, as our approach to ministry as a fix? No doubt in my mind that the American Church has been failing regularly. What I have seen is a desire by many different groups to fix the problem of the Church; whatever that might be, each group picks something else that needs to change. But instead of fixing anything they just change things. They make church services more fun, less offensive, add a coffee shop, and remove the pews, thinking that changing these things is fixing the problems. Change has never unequivocally equaled fix. To fix something you must declare the wrong first and foremost, then stop the wrong, then start adding more of the good (you may ask what is good, and once again I will say use your brain, the antitheses of the wrong, the things that glorify God, the things of the Spirit not of the world Etc.). In this case READ THE BIBLE YOU DUMMIES. Where do the answers to life’s questions lie? The Holy God breathed Scripture that is without fault. You want to see lives changed and people devote their lives to God? “Psalm 119:9- How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.” Oh taste and see that the Lord is good, and do so soaking up his teachings through reading his Holy powerful word.
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