What is relevance? Is that what a pastor is called to be - relevant? Paul told Timothy to “Preach the word and be instant in season and out.” I would guess this relevant thing just wasn’t an issue back then, huh?

What comes to mind?

James 4:4-5
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

In Christ,
Bill

I laughed out loud.  But I really can imagine something like that happening in the church world of the good ole U.S.A.  It would make for a great new reality show with lots of humor mixed in.  Wonder if they would run something like that on TBN to get some more spiritual dittoheads to watch their channel?

What a hot-button subject! In a day when we’re all bombarded with this pressure to be more relevant, I wonder how far we go to accommodating our culture’s tastes. Sure, we need to relate God’s Word to a current culture, and we want the church to be a place where people don’t feel like they are entering some sort of counter-culture, but I’ve often wondered how much our Christianity is shaped by our blending with the culture. Maybe that’s why we have a Western-mind understanding of Christianity, instead of the orginal eastern religion mindset that it sprang up within. Stuff to ponder?

Peter I have a Jerry Clower joke for ya.. There’s this boy who come’s into his dad’s house screaming, “Lion in the yard, Lion in the yard.” The man heard this and knew right away what was going on and that it was old man Johnsons dog. Every summer he takes and shaves all the hair off this dog except for around his head. So he tells him “boy you go to room and pray and ask God to forgive you for lying.” So he goes up there and is there for an hour. So he calls him to come down. He asked, “Did you ask God to forgive you for lying about that dog boy.” “Yes Sir, I did.” “And what did he say.” “well sir he thought that was a lion in yard to.”

Umm, I was wondering when they were going to hold the most irrelevant preacher award?

Okay Pete, if YOU are the most relevant pastor in America, everyone will want to know how you did it.  In time, you’ll write a book explaining it all.  What will the title be?  (I’ve have a few titles in mind but I’m not steppin’ on that one first!)
Of course, you do realize that once the book sweeps the nation and your name becomes synonymous with the “Relevancy Movement,” we’ll hate you too.  For you too shall become the focus of all that’s wrong in church today.
I just want to make sure you know what your taking on here!
Ben E

I just love the soap box..they are part of the humor....right?

BILL, are you feeling a little goofy now or do you even realize the joke was on you. Of course i am sure humor is wrong for this very reason, it tends to out you.