LIKE A GLOW IN THE DARK PLASTIC CROSS...

The modern church is a paradox: Great masses of world class debaters defending their favored denominational flavor or brand while embracing cobbled together half-true doctrines that promote and satisfy worldly desires: Devoid of demonstrable agape love, requiring no sacrifice for others, expecting no denial of Self, experiencing no transformation into Christlikeness, and producing not a hint of humility. The focus is on making converts – a change of belief – when we should be making disciples – a personal follower of Jesus who is disciplined in His ways -- and building bigger buildings (barns), as if ministry size implied God’s favor. Love, Sacrifice, Passion, Obedience, and Humility, these five characteristics capture the reality of God’s heart  Like a glow in the dark plastic cross the church is a cheap substitute for a divine reality.

The true “ekklesia” needs not man’s “forms of godliness”, for God’s ekklesia, which takes no form as a particular building or denomination, is at work everywhere often working under the radar of church structures. It would do us well to study the history of the modern church to understand how this man-made pretender came to represent God’s Church. We are entering the times of the Great Apostasy, when the modern church will be shaken, and God’s ekklesia will take visible form much like the first century church, as small organic gatherings under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  To be forewarned is to be forearmed...

Disclaimer: This is not to be construed as an attack on all churches, the sincerity of members, or justification to ignore the call to assemble together as believers. I have been blessed to have been a part of several good churches. But the majority of churches fit this narrative, and the church as we know it will undergo dramatic change as the Church Age winds to an end.

“GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES

TEACHING THEM

TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE COMMANDED”

(Matt. 28:18-20)