Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The Relevant Church - No Stinkin' Gimmicks

Do you want your church to be more relevant? 


A friend of mine often describes his church with this little phrase, "No stinkin' gimmicks."  I like that!




If the Word of God is boldly proclaimed from your pulpit; if your pastor's primary focus is on preaching the whole counsel of God; if he feeds you a steady diet of expository preaching; if he unabashedly tells the truth about sin and constantly warns you of it's consequences; if he is obsessed with the glory of God; you have a relevant church.  You don't need no stinkin' gimmicks. 






This is what church looks like when God's Word is ignored and men have other ideas about what is relevant.


3 comments:

Glenn E. Chatfield said...

A"relevant" church is a church of Satan.

Pumice said...

What constantly amazes me is the number of people who claim that they see this and yet continue to attend and support a drifting church. I have a hard time accepting the breakdown of "liberal leadership/conservative membership." To paraphrase, "People get the church that they deserve."

Grace and peace

Ron Livesay said...

Those "stinking gimmicks" are the downfall of many churches.
http://buffalonoise.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-stinking-gimmicks.html
http://buffalonoise.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-stinking-gimmicks-part-2.html