Comments on: Adventurous Christianity = Oxymoron

By: 3FlWhe

3FlWhe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:54:42 +0000

In many ways, Shaun, you're right. Of course. That being said, Jesus was beaten, tortured, nailed to a cross, & left to die; more than a few early Christians became lion snacks.

We don't often explain that faith is not easy……

And as Ben Franklin said, "Serving man is doing God's will, but prayer is thought an easier service, and therefore more widely chosen."

By: verdell

verdell — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:38:20 +0000

Gosh. This is so true…and scary…

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:36:44 +0000

Religion…Church…Face it, religion and church are as boring as ever. Three songs, a feel-good message about some obvious principle, a little flash here, a little flash there, but something is clearly missing. It could be that Jesus never called us to start a bunch of churches or form organized religion? If the ultimate goal of church is to bring people into some form of relationship with Christ, why does it suck so bad at doing this? If you have music and message, your the same non-courageous crap that church has become. Tear down the walls and come to the people who really need Jesus.

By: HappyWifeHappyLife

HappyWifeHappyLife — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:30:58 +0000

Very true, Shaun and something that the church, as a whole, does not want to hear. (Being candid.)
I'm reading Francis Chan's excellent book "Crazy Love" right now and he talks about this VERY thing. It definitely makes one look within and ask some tough questions.

Good post…. as believers, we need to keep asking these hard questions.

By: klreed189

klreed189 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:05:03 +0000

This is a very haunting post, something that concerns me.
I wonder what will come of this?
Will the Church as a whole respond back to this?
Will just a select group respond?
I cannot disagree with you here shaun, but I have heard this all before and it seems to continue.
It is almost like we read it for a day and agree but forget about it the next until a respected blogger blogs about the same issue again.
Maybe if we were concerned about the things of Jesus as much as our 401k's it would be different.
Would love to see some follow up post to this.

By: Dion Evans

Dion Evans — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:49:46 +0000

Awesome post man. I agree 100%. I preached a message called “Fanatic” some months ago that dealt with that. You and Courageous Church are in God’s sweet spot on this. Be Courageos (and adventurous) my friend.

By: PaulB Thomas

PaulB Thomas — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:40:23 +0000

I agree. 'These who have changed the world are among us' (Acts 17:6) What a reputation! compared to the Christians reputation today. We have more tools, more platforms, but a sadly less leverage and influence..

Thanks for provoking thought.
Paul

By: Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:20:09 +0000

You, my friend, have nailed it.

It's so important to understand that, as a Christian, we are called to value the edge, or risk of the christian faith, not the center of our comfort zone as believers.