Let’s see how many times have I heard it and I’m sure you have too. The argument goes something like this: the church is irrelevant, impotent, outdated and ineffective in reaching our world today. One of the latest attacks on the church comes from George Barna in his book ‘Revolution’. According to Mr. Barna ‘For thousands of years, Christians have been inventing church, but neglecting to be the church Christ commissioned.
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel. So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
It’s finally here. West Philly just got a brand new, ice clean Target store. They have everything from ipod’s to ironing boards. I can now get my film developed, while picking up a new crock-pot and sipping a latte from Starbucks. (face it folks they’re like the Borg, resistance is futile) Hopefully the management of this Target will keep the store clean, (I hate shopping in a store with cluttered aisles) feature superlative customer service (no one acting like I’m disrupting their entire life just because I have a simple question) and by all means open additional checkout lines before I’ve waited 20 minutes to pick up a pack of batteries.