“If Christianity is to receive a rejuvenation it must be by other means than any now being used. If the church in the second half of [the twentieth] century is to recover from the injuries she suffered in the first half, there must appear a new type of preacher. The proper, ruler-of-the-synagogue type will never do. Neither will the priestly type of man who carries out his duties, takes his pay and asks no questions, nor the smooth-talking pastoral type who knows how to make the Christian religion acceptable to everyone. All these have been tried and found wanting. Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne. When he comes (and I pray God there will not be one but many) he will stand in flat contradiction to everything our smirking, smooth civilization holds dear. He will contradict, denounce and protest in the name of God and will earn the hatred and opposition of a large segment of Christendom.” –A.W. Tozer
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Don’t be too quick to sell out the church, God is still doing things that we aren’t aware of. We stumble into ministry opportunities here in Grenoble that we thought was something new on the horizon, only to discover that God has been at work for months and even years.
We just need to hurry and and try to catch up to him
but I agree with what you said (hit send before I had a chance to add this)!
Hey, it’s not me. It’s Tozer. He’s the one throwing the church under the bus. I see some great things going on in various church corners. And this is no new thing. The church has constantly gone through periods of retreat, renewal, and rejuvination. It is on-going maintenance.