Ecclesiological Etchings: 05-22-14

 

Scripture: 1st Peter 4:10
Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.

Thought for the Day: What exactly does it mean to serve God? Does our service need to gush with proper religious language, the rhetoric of a good old-fashion evangelist?

Recently, I came across the following thoughts from Jon Foreman, the lead singer of the group Switchfoot. He was asked if the band was a “Christian band” because it lacked a lot of the usual Christian language. He responded this way:

To be honest, this question grieves me because I feel that it represents a much bigger issue than simply a couple Switchfoot tunes. In true Socratic form, let me ask you a few questions: Does Lewis or Tolkien mention Christ in any of their fictional series? Are Bach’s sonata’s Christian? What is more Christ-like, feeding the poor, making furniture, cleaning bathrooms, or painting a sunset? There is a schism between the sacred and the secular in all of our modern minds… I can only conclude that our God is much more interested in how I treat the poor and the broken and the hungry than the personal pronouns I use when I sing.

It was the poet Edgar Guest who wrote: “I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way…” I would suggest that Guest’s words written more than 75 years ago are more relevant today than when he first wrote them. So many people around the world hunger to see Christ in the daily living of Christians, yet too many of those people remain hungry

Prayer: Lord, where my faith and your Spirit intersect, make an unmistakable witness of your unconditional love. Amen.

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