tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253529165034405240.post-30885782859713106342008-05-04T13:00:00.002-04:002008-05-04T13:32:16.209-04:002008-05-04T13:32:16.209-04:00Know that whole, "You might be a redneck if ..." ("You think 'loading the dishwasher' means getting your wife drunk" "You were shooting pool when any of your kids was born") schtick?<br /><br />Well, today I had a, "You might have a great church if ..." kind of morning:<br /><ul><li>You might have a great church if ... you've been gone two weeks and you find out one of the new people coming is the owner and premiere artist at the hot local tatoo shop.</li><li>You might have a great church if ... you find out that the guy started coming because one of his customers invited him to come see her get baptized at Forefront.</li><li>You might have a great church if ... your service opens with your band absolutely rocking "King Nothing" by Metallica.</li><li>You might have a great church if ... you play an interactive, audience participation game called, "Name That King!" which has people screaming, "King Kong!" "Hank Hill!" "Michael Jackson!" "I have no idea!"</li><li>You have a time where Children's Ministry volunteers are honored and the importance of raising up the next generation of radical love God, love people Christians is highlighted.</li><li>You might have a great church if your sermon bumper/introduction video looks like this:<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/puJ80VKtK78&amp;hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/puJ80VKtK78&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /> </li></ul><p></p><ul><li>You might have a great church if ... you preach a "kick people in the teeth" kind of message about making Jesus the king of our lives, and how He won't allow us to follow Him (and we can't call ourselves followers) because God opposes the proud ... and then seeing people take off the crowns they had been given on the way in, and hearing people sniffling in the prayer time that followed.</li><li>You might have a great church if ... so many people help with breakdown that you end up getting done and leaving way early.</li></ul><p>So ... we can check off all those today. The best thing is that Jesus was totally help up as being great and the only thing worth giving our lives to - which He is. And anything great about our church is totally because of Him.</p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">- featured on newchurches.com</span></p>Vince Antonucci:http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577695138497215119noreply@blogger.com