2005-03-17

Een kerk die evolueert (2)

Too many churches today are devoid of the Spirit of Pentecost because they are dry and stale, where people are in a stupor; where worship services are wooden and so scripted that they are hollow; where the preaching is dull and flat; where the singing is Geritol-tired and without the vim and vigor which speaks of a crucified, died and risen Lord; where if anyone taps his foot and says, 'Amen', he is stared into silence, and if anyone shouts, 'Thank you, Jesus' the people call the EMS or 911! Too many churches have become mausoleums for the dead rather than coliseums of praise for a living God. They have lost the spirit of Pentecost! They have lost their enthusiasm. They have lost their joy for Jesus and find themselves suffering from what William Willimon calls 'Institutional and Spiritual Dry Rot.' If the Church is to survive the next millennium it must recapture some of the praise and enthusiasm it had two millennia ago

Carlyle Fielding Ste, How Long Will You Limp?

posted by Peter Wierenga @ 12:55