I had a chance to look at a church magazine today. Kyrkans Tidning is its Swedish title. Guys, I do not know what the editor wants to convey. The only information that was clear was the main denominational belonging - The Church of Sweden. All the rest of it is blurred. There were many pages, several articles, one of them calling for the modernization of the Christian Message (apparently the old Jesus from the Bible was too old-fashioned), another article gave a a detailed description of an ecumenical ??? meeting and prayer between Swedish Lutherans and Buddhists (it was soooo nice to light candles together and meditate, and after a while they saw no major differences...).
Many ads, it seems that a lot of churches need new priests (geez, I wonder why ;) ), some ads from Bible schools, and some news from the world.
Somebody who is hungry for THE MESSAGE will put this magazine down and remain hungry. There was no food in it. Nothing. One could expect at least one article directed to seekers...? Or do I demand too much?
Well, the problem is, that THE MESSAGE is foreign to this magazine, and probably, to this church that publishes the newspaper. The message is no longer important, This Message is inconvenient, offensive, too hard to swallow, so it is better for it not to be told. The only message allowed is LOVE. God is all love, all-forgiving, all-forgetting. I guess God has become senile, after all, He has been around for so long, we shouldn't be so hard on Him, right?
Bible reading? C'mon, get real, oh, and BTW, have you heard that Jesus died, was buried and had a wife and kids? So who cares about your fables?
(this last sentence was irony, in case someone wondered)
The Emerging Church of Love?
Heb 4:12-16
(12) For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
(13) And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
(14) Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
(15) For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
(16) Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
This post was referenced here, to my great surprise. Thank You, Pastor Ken.
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