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Tuesday
Dec152009

One Word At A Time: Church

By MAD21

The word for this week's One Word at a Time blog carnival is: Church. The first thing most of us probably think of when hearing this word is probably a location or a building. But in reality, at least in God's eye, the church is... get this... US. The people are the church. Not a building.

Back in April, I wrote a short post on The Commercial Church. I had read an amazing article by Aaron Van Voorhis from Relevant Magazine about how it seems that with the decline in church attendance, church leaders feel they have to draw people in using all the latest gadgets and technology. Unfortunately, in some ways it's like church has forgotten that we are not coming to be entertained. We come together to worship our God and learn about how we are to live and serve others.

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Thursday
Apr302009

The Commercial Church

In the fast-moving pace of today, it's easy to be swept away by all the things coming at us. We are constantly being bombarded by things trying to get our attention to either buy, read, donate, visit, watch, etc. Everything has become about how to get our attention, how to entertain us, how to get us to do something, us, us, us.

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