Just some thoughts that have been banging around in my noggin for awhile:
- Why do we refer to the front of the church building as
“the altar?” And why do sermons have
“altar calls?” Christ’s sacrifice did
away with the need for an altar. The
altar in church buildings has a pagan background, so we should just stop
referring to it as an altar.
- It sure seems we try our best to straight-jacket the
Holy Spirit. We institutionalize,
regulate, and control worship services (and so much else in the church). We can’t allow chaos, but why don’t more
churches loosen up and allow the Holy Spirit more freedom to move?
- Speaking of the Holy Spirit… are we deliberate in helping
folks to identify their spiritual gifts?
Are we intentional in creating avenues for people to use their spiritual
gifts? At a more basic level, do most of
our folks even know what spiritual gifts are?
- Do we Protestants go too far in making the sermon the
central part of our worship services? Is
there a limit to how much communal worship we really accomplish during an
activity where we passively sit and listen?
- Is there no way to improve discipleship? Let’s face it: most of our congregations are
woefully ill-educated about our own religion.
Why? Because no one is teaching
us. The classes we do have are aimed at
the lowest common denominator, rather than challenging our folks.
- Why are so many churches stuck in the Sunday morning—Sunday
evening—Wednesday evening paradigm? Is
this model (which isn’t biblical) outmoded?
- Why don’t more folks question why we do things the way
we do? The vast majority of what goes on
in church services are manmade traditions, so they aren’t sacrosanct. Are we afraid to try something new? Are we afraid to seek God’s guidance, because
He might send us outside our comfort zone?
I figured I'd just share these for now. May be the basis of some upcoming posts.
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