Onward, Forward, Toward…

Driving on the way to work this morning, I began to think about the differences between my generation and today’s high-school / college aged people and one thought stuck with me throughout the day:

Should I Skip Church All This Month and the first weekend in November? I have really been asking myself this question lately as I wonder if the message preached from the pulpit (and many others across America) will turn from a sermon from the Bible for everyday living to a sermon purposely worded by legal eagles of the Christian Coalition to indirectly endorse a political candidate in order to keep the 501c3 status? I want to hear a sermon from God that deals and relates to everyday life and how …

It’s Time for:

Our pastors to quit being politicians.
Our prophets to quit being psychologists
Our evangelists to quit being physicians
Our apostles to quit being CEO’s
Our teachers to quit being patriarchs

How can this be done, by re-learning to preach the full Gospel to the whole world.

Diane over at Crossroads referred me to a series of blog posts by Mark D. Roberts entitled The Church and Politics in America that has been very interesting reading as of late. The latter parts are the more enjoyable reading. If you are like me and are non-political and care more about the Kingdom of God than pastors turned politicians, read this interesting series.

Rule #1: We the Christian Athletes confirm that we will thank God when we win the championship.
Rule #2: We the Christian Athletes confirm that we will not thank God nor mention his name if we lose the game or do not make the championship. In fact, we will say nothing and claim that we were disappointed in ourselves.
Rule #3: We the Christian Athletes confirm that we will try to get on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Sports Spectrum at the same time.
Rule #4: We the Christian Athletes confirm that …

Anti-Christ of the week ending 9-24-04 is:

Article 1: We The Washed Up, Born Again Actors and Musicians will go away for a very long time to show up years later on the Praise The Lord Show on TBN.
Article 2: We The Washed Up, Born Again Actors and Musicians after appearing on TBN will announce that we are starring in the latest Billy Graham, British Shakesphere Jesus, or Christian cheezy rapture movie or are doing the soundtrack for such movie.
Article 3: We The Washed Up, Born Again Actors and Musicians will during our testimony proclaim how we …