tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post3113134185824645194..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: The Church Is For Immoral PeopleArthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-50561179125088893142012-05-08T10:20:38.051-04:002012-05-08T10:20:38.051-04:00Another great convicting post Arthur - thank you! ...Another great convicting post Arthur - thank you! <br /><br />I would just add to Mato's point from my personal experience. "Churches" can and do develop in less affluent (drug infested) areas. We gather...in a home. You don't need a "building" or "resources", if a group of people are desiring Jesus. It's amazing! <br /> <br />ToddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-29363694186100790642012-05-07T13:10:20.177-04:002012-05-07T13:10:20.177-04:00Mato
Thanks for your comment!
I in no way assume...Mato<br /><br />Thanks for your comment!<br /><br />I in no way assume that moral people are saved. Quite the opposite. I have asserted any number of times that the "church" as we understand it is full of moral, religious people who are as lost as a Muslim imam or a atheist. <br /><br />I am skeptical of the idea that the church thrives among the well-to-do. Certainly religious institutions do but the church has always thrived when it is on the margins and persecuted. I would go so far as to say that the worst thing that happened to the church was for it to become popular and acceptable by the broader culture.<br /><br />The greater theme here is that we tragically misunderstand what the church is and what we are called to do.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-23150856683071989742012-05-07T13:02:15.195-04:002012-05-07T13:02:15.195-04:00Found your article through Google+.
I don't d...Found your article through Google+.<br /><br />I don't disagree with any of your assertions in particular, but I am curious about what the Church at large would do about it. <br /><br />You very correctly argue that sinners are the people that Jesus came to save. However, within your argument, you also seem to suppose that "Moral" people are in fact "saved" or "healed" in some fashion. A general reading of Romans indicts anyone who claims morality as a form of salvation, and a glossing over of Matt 23 will scathe anyone who even thinks such a thing. The fact of the matter is that the word calls *all* men sinners, morality be damned. <br /><br />Regardless, I think what you're observing is more correlative than causative. A church is popular in more "stable, well-to-do" areas because it has the money, support, and body to survive. Churches don't blossom in less stable areas because they do not have those resources, or if they do, they are difficult to build. I don't think any new pastor or reverend says to themselves "I want to build a church for rich, right-winged, white people." I think they just want to build a church. <br /><br />Your idealism is admirable though, as is your heart for the lost. I pray you find an outlet befitting your talents to pursue it.Matohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974739545120825169noreply@blogger.com