The Biggest Threat to Christianity: You!
I didn't rig the poll. I promise!
Last week when I decided to conduct a New Man poll on the greatest threats to American Christianity, I included the scariest foes I could imagine: Cults, New Age philosophy, Atheism—along with several other scourges.
It was almost as an afterthought that I added a category that seemed far less threatening: spiritual indifference and complacency.
Yet, so far, nearly 60 percent of you have chosen “spiritual indifference and complacency” as the greatest threat. And, after giving it some thought, I have to agree.
If we’re right, that means the biggest threat to American Christianity is not some dark and gathering force beyond the walls of the church. Rather the biggest danger to Christianity is … Christians!
Even your runner-up choice in the poll, “Materialism” has more to do us than “them.”
What’s the answer? How do we wage war against ourselves? I don’t think a spiritual pep rally will do. We need some honest and vulnerable time before our Maker. We can’t drum up spiritual vitality. Only the supernatural power of God’s Spirit can do that.
If we allow God to breath new life into us, together we will become the church that Christ envisioned. And if the gates of hell couldn’t stand against it, one thing’s for sure. All those other threats won’t stand a chance.
Last week when I decided to conduct a New Man poll on the greatest threats to American Christianity, I included the scariest foes I could imagine: Cults, New Age philosophy, Atheism—along with several other scourges.
It was almost as an afterthought that I added a category that seemed far less threatening: spiritual indifference and complacency.
Yet, so far, nearly 60 percent of you have chosen “spiritual indifference and complacency” as the greatest threat. And, after giving it some thought, I have to agree.
If we’re right, that means the biggest threat to American Christianity is not some dark and gathering force beyond the walls of the church. Rather the biggest danger to Christianity is … Christians!
Even your runner-up choice in the poll, “Materialism” has more to do us than “them.”
What’s the answer? How do we wage war against ourselves? I don’t think a spiritual pep rally will do. We need some honest and vulnerable time before our Maker. We can’t drum up spiritual vitality. Only the supernatural power of God’s Spirit can do that.
If we allow God to breath new life into us, together we will become the church that Christ envisioned. And if the gates of hell couldn’t stand against it, one thing’s for sure. All those other threats won’t stand a chance.
posted by Drew Dyck at 11:06 AM
1 Comments:
Those who comprised the "multitudes"--who follwed Jesus from town to town--were faced with an individual choice: turn their backs on worldly ways and come to Him, or continue in apathy and self-centeredness.
The choice hasn't changed in over 2000 years.
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