http://www.themicahmandate.org/2008/05/its-no-longer-just-about-me/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:36:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.themicahmandate.org/2008/05/its-no-longer-just-about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26 potts Wed, 28 May 2008 07:27:12 +0000 http://temp.themicahmandate.org/?p=530#comment-26 Not sure if your subtitle meant to talk about a society that transforms or a church that transforms society. But reading your article, I get the impression that it is a lot of words to skirt around the observation that the churches of today, like any other organizations, exist to serve their clientele: their members, rather than their God. We are afraid to criticize the "christian-on-the-street", and are quick to praise their small, earnest efforts to do something that is other-serving. Better than nothing, right? Pastors craft their sermons carefully, like speaking to little children, lest their flock get discouraged or critical. The fact remains that largely, it will be difficult to find true Christian heroes like Bonhoeffer or Paul today to be our models, because the Church cares more about how people feel, rather than how God feels. And consequently there is little backbone to the Christianity we practise today. Not sure if your subtitle meant to talk about a society that transforms or a church that transforms society. But reading your article, I get the impression that it is a lot of words to skirt around the observation that the churches of today, like any other organizations, exist to serve their clientele: their members, rather than their God. We are afraid to criticize the “christian-on-the-street”, and are quick to praise their small, earnest efforts to do something that is other-serving. Better than nothing, right? Pastors craft their sermons carefully, like speaking to little children, lest their flock get discouraged or critical. The fact remains that largely, it will be difficult to find true Christian heroes like Bonhoeffer or Paul today to be our models, because the Church cares more about how people feel, rather than how God feels. And consequently there is little backbone to the Christianity we practise today.

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