Deconstructing Church

Historically the church has been a large entity that has largely been used by human minds to control governments, industry and the populace. Let's face it, it's a reality. At some point God finally got through to the head of one of his stubborn humans (Luther) and he pointed out a few things that were extra-biblical, lacking, and non-biblical. This changed the face of the church forever.

In our post-modern (or post-post but try and find a bloody definition for that one) times we still do church our way, and follow established structures that essentially have been in place for many many centuries. Granted these structures look largely different, but the essence is still there. I can't verify either way that the existing power and denominational structures are in any way "good" or "right" nor "bad" or "wrong, but I can say that I think there needs to be a serious second reformation of all Christians in how they approach church. Now notice that I use Christians. It's not the churches (defined as an institution, for those of you shouting "but we ARE the church") that need to reform, they need to be replaced by the new.

And how do we define this new "church"? We could take all of our knowledge, all our understanding of human nature and our study of God through the bible, pack it into a think tank, and try and come up with a solution that works for our culture. But that is exactly what we've tried to do for years. It's time to find Christians who are willing to let God take over fully, and deconstruct our hearts and our minds from the way "church needs to be done". I know I'm sick of how dry and pointless church has become. So I can't (unless I get lazy, but that something God and I need to deal with) sit back and take it. [queue "We're Not Gonna Take It!"]

And so, since God in his mercy has given us this wonderful ministry, we never give up. We reject all shameful and underhanded methods. We do not try to trick anyone, and we do not distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know that.

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Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.