February 5, 2007
That’s the title of a really interesting article I stumbled upon tonight. Click here to read it in its entirety.
The author, a pastor who left traditional organized religion to form a new kind of community of believers, makes the point that we get addicted to the formal structures of the church. We get used to having worship planned for and delivered to us, serving and using church to provide us with a reason to exist. “I need discipleship and Christian growth. So I go to my local church to attend Sunday services, Bible studies and small groups where someone opens the Bible and tells me what it says and how it should apply to my life.” In other words, we become incredibly lazy, failing to fully explore our faith because we rely upon someone else to spoon-feed it to us.
Keep reading . . .
