Topic: Grace

Grace: a license to sin?

By David W. Shelton | February 24, 2007 |

After last week’s update for Christian Community Church of Clarksville, I was hit with quite a few irritated emails. Yes, it was expected. Quite frankly, I was hoping to get a few people riled up. After all, if we’re so comfortable in our Christian recliners while we watch our Christian TV and read our Christian magazines as we send our children to Christian schools, then I question whether we’re being the salt of the earth that Jesus called us to be. Clearly, we find it far easier to be salt in someone’s wound than anything else.

I believe God is stirring our collective nests, and that He is bringing us out of our complacency to reach a world that is sick of religious tripe. They’ve seen the big churches, the polished pews, and the fancy preachers, and they are not impressed. Christian TV is as hokey as it is self-centered in its presentation of the Gospel: “Give money to us and God will bless you!” «Read the rest of this article»

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