Church: build it, and He will come.
In effort to help unify the Body of Christ…
I will ask you to do two things: purchase a book, and then read it. It’s not a lengthy book by any means, (and I am by no means placing it equal to God’s Word; only for reference) yet I believe now is the time when we will be able to understand and appreciate the contents. The book: Jaded. The author: A.J. Kiesling. It’s not a new book, but I believe you will be able to find it at most book stores. Once you find it, purchase it and begin reading it. The book very clearly describes a generation of believers who have become weary of what the book describes as “churchianity”, and are seeking to renew their values in the displaced Christianity–that is to renew their fellowship with God through Jesus Christ. An excerpt from the book: ” ‘You can’t talk about this sort of thing with just anybody. People worry about you. They might think you’re changing sides, turning traitor. They may talk about you as if you came down with some communicable disease. so you keep this sort of thing like a dirty secret, this doubt that is not really a doubt about God or Jesus or faith but about our take on God, our version of Jesus, our way of faith. You let it out only when you have found someone you can trust. and when you do, and the other person says, “I can’t believe your saying this, I have felt the same way, but I thought I was the only one”–that’s a good moment….And then, over time, the two of you discover you’re not the only two, that there are many more out there…who are wrestling with this same discontent…You begin to wonder if maybe you’re at the front edge of something–if your tentative and anxious steps “off the map” are the actually the beginning of a new adventure in terra nova, new ground, fresh territory.’ “ -Brian D. McLaren, A New Kind of Christian (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001), from Jaded, by A.J. Kiesling.
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