Still impressed with the new Church
Trying to catch up from the weekend, rolling over into the week.
Since no on-call for me this weekend, we went to the new church again. I was really impressed with the message. We went to the earlier church (8:40 a.m.) to check out the format. The songs were much more upbeat than what I am use to hearing. Yet, not too hard for my wife(wink). It's interesting when you have something to actually compare to. Most people are unwilling to change, to have the experience of contrast.
I noticed the pasture "taught" rather than "preach". Yes, there is a difference. Rather than on the pulpit to speak about Christ and the bible, he provided background and history to capture the era of time on the why. This, to me, makes a vast difference in the message. I once mentioned to our TeamKids (church on Wednesday nights), you guys are taught to do this, but "why do you do this?"
This is the failing of the church, in my opinion. Rather than simply saying you need God, often it's not defined as to why you need God. Think of it this way. If someone would say to you, you need this medicine. You would obviously ask, "why?" Which reply would you rather have. The reply of "because its' good for you" or the explanation of symptoms and diseases and the medicine would save your life?
This is the difference in teaching and preaching. Teaching provides the background and understanding. Preaching simply conveys you need to do this.
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