This is a post I put on our Forefront Church blog tonight......
It was cool being at the White Horse tonight. We are trying some different things there. Why?
Well, when God wanted everyone to know the good news that He loved them and desired a relationship, what did He do? He became human. Why? Because God wanted to connect with us, and the most effective way to relate to us was to become one of us. Theologians call this the "incarnation." Incarnation basically means "to put meat on." God, who is spirit, took on flesh and moved into our neighborhood so we could relate to Him, so that He could effectively share the good news with us.
This is the task of all of us who follows Jesus. We are to share the good news of God's love and desire for a relationship with everyone. And so we need to figure out how to connect with people. What is the most effective way to relate to people so we can share the good news with them? Seriously - you need to figure that out. How should you do that at your workplace? At your kid's Little League field? In your school? With your neighbors?
Well, those are the questions we are asking at the White Horse Pub. How should we "incarnate" the gospel in a bar? We went into it back in September assuming that it would be the same kind of service that we've done in movie theaters and high school auditoriums. But over the months we've begun to wonder if this really is most effective. It's certainly the easiest for us, because it's what we're used to. But God hasn't called us to do what's easy, He's called us to share Jesus with people, and to make the most of every opportunity to do so.
So, please be praying for us as we work through this, and we'll pray for you as you incarnate the gospel and make the most of every opportunity with the people God has put into your life.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Incarnation
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I know I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know, but people are drawn to what they are familiar with. I've sung on worship teams and I've sung in bars. When someone comes to a church building, they expect to hear songs about Jesus. Not so much in a bar. There are secular songs that I consider (at least to me) to be songs of praise. The first one that comes to mind is "Home" by Chris Daughtrey. There's another lesser known song by Natalie Merchant called "I may know the word" that is just down right convicting, especially to those of us who struggle to "live the Jesus life". I won't take up more space than I already have on your blog, but I'll e-mail the lyrics to your e-mail at Forefront. Your church is boldly seeking out ways to engage the lost into the community of God and you can absolutely count on the fact that I am praying for you guys!
OK, So I'm not a Pastor, but have a fire to minister...I also do some stand up comedy, this past Sunday evening I did Open mic at a local comedy club. I met some people there (mostly other aspiring comics) and eventually the conversation turned to "why are you doing comedy" I explained "I want to work on my stage fright to help with my ministry" some people shut me out at that point but some still talked to me one even invited me to the bar to share some fries with him and we had a awesome spiritual conversation and others joined, there was no finger pointing on either side and I left amazed with what God had done with my little aspirations. so I'm thinking maybe start with either comedy or a sketch that anyone could enjoy to break the ice and show you are no different from them and that you are not just there to "sell" them on Christ.
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