By: T

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:57:49 +0000

CH, you have a way with words…

By: ch

ch — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:12:59 +0000

The reason I don’t watch “Reality Shows” on the tube is because compared to real reality they are incredibly (literally) scripted and trite, pitiful shadows of what goes on in our day to day existence. Maybe that is the attraction.
What prompted this thought? Recently, I had the (mis)fortune to listen to M’s sermon to the faithful at THIS CHURCH immediately after the departure of their lead pastor. M’s poorly scripted, ineptly delivered and unbelievably disingenuous sermon – if a sermon is what it was – should have left me horrified. It did not. I’ve heard it all before.
The question is not why the speaker and his cohorts embrace such an unscriptural and self-aggrandizing view of “leadership”. It is deeply offensive to the human soul to relinquish power or to voluntarily walk away from a chance to exercise control over people and circumstances. That is the whole reason why the gospel is necessary in the first place.
The real question is why some of the good (no irony intended) folks at THIS CHURCH, or anywhere else, sit still for such pitifully self-serving drivel in the first place. I suspect it is for the same reason that “reality” shows are so popular on TV. The outcome is remote, predictable and requires no exertion on our part, only the acceptance of an, often preposterous, premise. We can play the game without risk by suspending our facilities of reason and pretending that this is really real. We can be a part of what’s happening without exerting ourselves or risking our social standing by passively accepting that what we are told is the truth and not raising troublesome questions. We can be participants without being engaged and without any risk – or at least, so we believe.
Open our eyes, Lord.

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