Saturday, November 26, 2011

Is Your Assembly Fed on Excitement?


A Church fed on excitement is no New Testament church at all.  The desire for surface stimulation is a sure mark of the fallen nature, the very thing Christ died to deliver us from.  A curious crowd of baptized worldlings waiting each Sunday for the quasi-religious needle to give them a lift bears no relation whatsoever to a true assembly of Christian believers.  And that its members protest their undying faith in the Bible does not change things any.  A.W.Tozer, The Next Chapter After the Last, p.14.
When I read this I immediately thought of Willow Creek, Joel Osteen’s monstrosity, and lots of other entertainment-oriented “churches” I read about daily.  Tozer was right - they bear no relation to a true assembly of Christian believers.
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4 comments:

  1. aliNovember 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Thinking Lakewood is Joel Osteen' Ivory Tower - not Willow Creek.

    Isn't Bill Hybles pastor of WC?

    Good word regardless.!!.

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  2. Glenn E. ChatfieldNovember 27, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    Ali,
    I didn't mean to confuse:
    I was giving examples, first being Willow Creek, second being "Joel Osteen's monstrosity" (and yes, that is Lakewood) and third being "lots of other..."

    Yes, Hybles is Willow Creek.

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  3. aliNovember 29, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    AH - thanks for clearing it up.

    I did misunderstand. :-]

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  4. 072591December 1, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    It gets better. Just heard today that Osteen will be getting his own reality show showcasing his "ministry."

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