Links That You Should Check Out

Christians Worldwide Too Busy For God: "[I]t may be the case that (1) Christians are assimilating to a culture of busyness, hurry and overload, which leads to (2) God becoming more marginalized in Christians’ lives, which leads to (3) a deteriorating relationship with God, which leads to (4) Christians becoming even more vulnerable to adopting secular assumptions about how to live, which leads to (5) more conformity to a culture of busyness, hurry and overload. And then the cycle begins again."

Apologist says Church is Producing Atheists: “It [i.e., "Apologetics" - 1 Peter 3:15] should not be left to professors or specialists, such as C.S. Lewis. It needs to be incorporated into everything we do as the Church from cradle to grave.”

Signs of the Times: Church-Hopping in a Consumeristic Culture: the rise of "consumerism and narcissism" — when people expect to customize every experience to personal taste.
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David Fairfield notes that each of the top 5 church planting churches in America are reformed. "...their theology is a particular kind of reformed theology, it is reformational not just reformed. This distinction is important. To use reformed theology as a cul-de-sac in our churches is to move against the entire point of God’s work in this world. Good reformed theology is going to be church planting, kingdom driven, multiplying, culture engaging, and grace centered or it is not good reformed theology."
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