30 January 2009
Another talk I've found hard-hitting this week. C J Mahaney on 1 John, "Do not love the world". Why do we make next to no impact on our colleagues/neighbours/friends as Christians? What are we really living for? How do we live in the world, not be of the world, and yet reach the world? It's all very relevant stuff and ties in with a Tim Chester blog post quoting Josh Harris (is that confusing?), which I read earlier this week, also very convicting.You can listen to the whole sermon here. There's a fairly long (but in parts amusing - "men, you should not own parakeets") preamble bit, but then it gets going properly.
These guys are claiming 'worldliness' (Christians getting more and more sucked into behaving like those who live against God, and believing what they believe) is the big issue for our generation. Do you agree? Where's the line between reaching out and just fitting in? What do you think?
