1: Which set of words bests describes a typical American church service:
A) Lesson, lecture, liturgy, program, study about God, sermon, ritual, religion, boring, dull, routine, passive, solemn, humanly controlled;
or
B) Experience, encounter, presence of God, demonstration, manifestation, awe, exciting, alive, spontaneous, participatory, joyful, Spirit-led?
2: Which set of those words bests describes the church written about in the New Testament Book of Acts?
3: Which set of descriptive words could transform human lives, set people free from their sins, and give people the power to live a holy lifestyle?
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You should look at Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna. It goes through the roots of early church history and structure and compares it to today s modern church. It goes through why the church experience is more a spectator sport than an interactive experience.
I’ve read Pagan Christianity. It is very insightful.
right on Steve! cya tomorrow at Berry St.
THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH YOU ATTEND!
depends on denomination