Taking the Wrong Exit

From The Barna Group
Barna is forever with his finger on the pulse of the church, adults, youth, he is always bringing forth the word on what "the body of Christ" (I'm using this term loosely)is into. I think he does a good job of perceiving what is going on. What he presents as the remedy for what ails the modern Church is where I don't always see eye to eye with him. Most of his suggestions come from a worldview that is missing a biblical understanding on jurisdictions as set up by God. So some of his solutions entail the church as being at the center of the issue when many times by God's view the problem should be handled by the family. Can we expect God to move on our behalf, when the method we choose to address something, is contrary to His will. Methods are not neutral.

Bill Einwetcher did a great talk on this subject from the second Uniting Church and Family conference. Opened my eyes so wide at the time that they almost fell out. I think you could also go to Sermon Audio and download it there at no charge.

A lot of the time when I read what is going on in the "Church" from the Barna Group I wind up looking for the rolaids.

Harry Potter’s Influence Goes Unchallenged in Most Homes and Churches

The vast majority of teens - regardless of gender, ethnicity, faith, or other characteristics - has been personally exposed to the story. For instance, even a large majority of teenagers from groups that have objected most stridently to the stories of wizards and witchcraft have indulged in this fantasy world. Three-quarters of all church-going teens (77%) and born again Christian teenagers (78%) have seen or read Potter...

..Overall, a majority of teens - Christian or other - are ingesting the mythology of the child wizard without any guidance from their parents or church leaders. Instead, teens are feeling their way through the spiritual themes either on their own or with the influence of their peers...

I loved this part,...teens are feeling their way through the spiritual themes either on their own or with the influence of their peers...

Just like Mom and Dad?!? Im afraid that fraze describes all to many modern believers "were feeling our way..." God turn your church back to you.

Link at the top of the page.