Has Christianity Failed You?

"In the effort to become relevant, we have forgotten that some things are going to be irrelevant, and it is we who need to become relevant to the truth - not the other way around. Imagine the old, whole idea of a square peg in a round hole... trying to force it - what you do in the end is just damage the edges of the peg. And sometimes we force God into our mold, and then when He doesn't fit, we damage God. We say, 'This is what I expected of you, but it has not turned out.' What I think I have concluded is this: That the greatest of loves will often come at the greatest of cost. The greatest of loves will never come cheaply. It takes everything you've got to honor that love, and it takes everything you've got to honor that trust. And the greatest of love that you and I could have is that relationship with God."
--Ravi Zacharias

Has Christianity Failed You?:

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Trusting in a Culturally Relevant Gospel

Whether through creating trendy worship services, writing books about how Christ can be seen in current movies, or mirroring hot bands playing on MTV, Christians often try to make their faith more culturally relevant. But Os Guinness says that this desire to be fashionable is exactly why Christians are now becoming marginalized. In a lecture for the C.S. Lewis Institute in 2002, he said that the only thing that is always relevant is the Gospel.

Interview with Os Guinness at www.christianitytoday.com

I realize that this particular post doesn't quite fit in with most of my other blog posts, but I thought this was a really great article and definitely something for Christians to think about. Continue reading →