Pursuing Relevance, Jason Johnson
Relevance. It has become the ecclesiological buzz-word of the postmodern culture. The church spends large amounts of time, energy and money on this idea of relevance, and Christians themselves are doing everything they possibly can to feel like—in some part—this term is an identifying mark on who they are as followers of Christ. This idea of relevance is admirable and necessary. But as I look around and evaluate my own attitudes toward this culture and understandings of how the Church relates to it, I (first and foremost) might have it backwards.
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The truth, however, is that when we engage ourselves in pursuing the Kingdom of God and setting our hearts on becoming a people through which His Kingdom is most effectively able to be ushered into this world, then our lives will supernaturally develop within them a brokenness for the broken, a longing for the lost, a hope for the hopeless and a love for those who do not know love.
thanks again for the blog, Kevin.
I am consistently challenged and inspired.
Love to hear your thoughts on this:
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god_article.php?id=7317
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Posted by: web | June 06, 2007 at 08:32 AM