>>It suddenly occurred to me that I was teaching our church to love the things of this world, through ideas like worship that's designed to sound just like secular music.
I made the mistake of regarding worship as an 'experience' rather than a heartfelt act of obedience; I should have asked God how He would like us to worship. Looking back on things now, I see that I was using the word "relevant" to mean - almost anything worldly that would get people to come to church. I confess that I disregarded the bible's commands to avoid worldliness, and did the opposite by using worldliness as "bait" for the unchurched.<<
That sums up the issue entirely. The seeker-sensitive churches use worldly means to attract. Praise the Lord for showing this man the truth!
What a testimony that is.
It's a fake letter. You notice it says what he is doing wrong, according to the authors personal belief about what is wrong - yet doesn't get into what is the "right way" other than through generic terms as opposed to practical application. The dead giveaway is the phrase "secular music".
This letter is in the spirit of the sort of thing Gobbels would have produced. This thread is really going downhill. I am finding myself wanting to read some of Warrens books to find out what he would say to some of these attacks. It is sort of a "defend the underdog" sort of thing.
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