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It is reported that animals can smell fear.
I do not know if this particular “sniffology” is passed along in the human family, but I am fully aware as I travel and interact with my brothers and sisters, that there’s a strong apprehension in the air.
It’s not so much an odor as it is a loss of confidence and a disconcerting sense that doom looms too close to the home fires.
So in a season when the church should be rallying from its stagnancy because of the yearning of the human spirit to relieve tension, our ranks still seem to be filing out the back door.
There are those in theology who conclude that it’s due to a lack of serious religious reflection, and others who believe that we’ve not yet struck the right chord with the younger generation concerning traditions and the teaching offered for their children.
If you will allow me, I will tell you:
- We have too much God and not enough Father.
- Too much Christ and not enough Jesus.
It’s similar to a chemistry teacher who constantly gives tests on formulas while never having the students do lab work.
Church is boring because the idea of God is stifling.
Church seems insipid because a Christ who offers eternal salvation doesn’t give us a Jesus who offers us Earth solutions.
We are stymied.
For fear of losing our “worship credentials,” we have sacrificed our human appeal.
The heavenly Father is a Creator, not a manufacturer. Not everything can be taught in a six-week series from the pulpit as we expound upon every reference in the Bible about love, and hope that folks will draw a pious conclusion.
Jesus was our brother–tempted as we are in every way and touched by our infirmities long before he became salvation through the cross. Thirty-three years of life can not be ignored because of three hours at Golgotha.
Until we have more of the Father and an abundance of Jesus, our churches will be full of dead men’s bones and promises that seem to have been “rain checked” until after death.
The good news is that God is our Father, Jesus is our brother and the Holy Spirit is not a ghost.
The better news is that the Holy Spirit has come to remind us about the goodness of our Father and the genius of Jesus.
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