Thursday, October 05, 2006

"Do You Have Change For A..."

I bet you never hear that in a Baptist Church. Why is it so difficult for a church to make changes? Does change equate to new doctrine or unscriptural teaching? Wasn't it a change to have microphones, air conditioners, padded pews, etc. in the church building? Wasn't it a change, at one time, to have a church building? Did Jesus reach every person with the same method, or did He change the method to fit the person?

While many changes are not for the best, how about an honest evaluation of something before it's condemned because "it's never been done this way before."

I believe it's time for a change. We need...no, we must get back to the basics of preaching and teaching the Bible. We must quit promoting the church welfare system now known as "missions." We need to teach local church and practice local church! We must be more concerned about people than we are about land and buildings. We must be willing to take the heat and quit backing down when people don't like what the Bible has to say. We must change!

Oh, by the way, do you have change for a...?

4 comments:

Kevin Higgins said...

Good stuff Matt. I think you're right on. All change is not bad change, and the truth is that some of what we're doing today is the result of changes made years ago that led us away from Scripture (starting missions instead of churches for example).

Tommy Estes said...

Good stuff brother. I Agree with this post!

Stubb82 said...

Good Stuff Matt. Check out my Blog i am talking about "Missions"

David Gregg said...

Right on, bro. With you 100%.

BTW, I left a (positive) reply to a comment of yours on the ABApolls blog that you might want to read.

http://abapolls.blogspot.com/2006/10/creation-survey.html

-dave

p.s. Have we ever met?