In the February issue of the Presbyterian Record, David Harris refers “a well educated but somewhat suspicious modern mind.” In the April issue he draws attention to “the ferocious glare of post modernism.”
Simply put—secularism, the world, rightly seen by the church at its best, as the protagonist, the combatant, the real enemy; that which has to be transformed. The deference shown by the church to the world’s message, a morass of data and information will not do—there must be a reversal of roles here. The church must boldly yet humbly reiterate its message to the world.
The clergy have only one identity, to identify with Christ—the meaning of the Christ. Find the meaning of Christ in your heart and in your mind and all else will fall into place.
Leadership then becomes following the way of Christ, there is no other leader.
This whole issue of business practices being applied to the church is a red herring. Get our priorities right. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
The secular world has nothing to teach us—the tragedy is we have failed to teach them because we are adopting their approach to the solving of our problem. Must we be a sham? Must we be hypocrites and fundamentally must we be dishonest in facing up to the challenge of a world on the wrong pathway?
The church is supposed to be diametrically opposed to the methods of the world when they conflict with the way of Christ.
When is it going to wake up, rub its eyes and proclaim from the rooftops, the 2,000 year old message “Christ is Risen.”
Stop whispering it, to itself, tell it like the gospels were really trying to tell it, go into all the world and preach the gospel.
If this is a bit too much for what’s called post modernism let me freely translate for the times we live in.
Listen, we Christians have an answer that will blow your mind away, believe us, it does and can make sense. God willing we are going to prove it.
