Comments on: In a Media-Driven Culture – Has the Church Become Irrelevant? http://philcooke.com/relevance/ Change Revolution Tue, 22 May 2012 20:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aweaver3 http://philcooke.com/relevance/#comment-2052 Aweaver3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/relevance#comment-2052 I just read this morning in Luke 11:42 where Jesus is basically chastising the Pharisees about their lack of being relevant. "But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone." Many leaders have a tendancy to do one of two things. 1. Focus on Ultimate Terms to the minimization of immediate concerns. 2. Focus on immediate concerns to the neglect of Ultimate Terms. But we need to do both. This post is an excellent reminder that to be relevant we need both the eternal truths and temporal provisions - not hype and bling. Someone needing a job, food, clothes, housing, understanding, and justice when they are wronged never go out of style. The deep issues of a person's heart and mind are always an issue. How do we overcome the struggles in our lives? The Source of our relevancy as followers of Christ - is Christ. So we must remember that to be relevant is to always be motivated by the love and truth of God to meet the needs of individuals. In the Hierarchy of Needs, it is almost impossible for a person to go on to greater, more impacting heights in life if they don't have food to eat, clothes to wear, a roof over their head, understanding and justice. Allen Paul Weaver III author, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers www.allenpaulweaveriii.com I just read this morning in Luke 11:42 where Jesus is basically chastising the Pharisees about their lack of being relevant. “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.” Many leaders have a tendancy to do one of two things. 1. Focus on Ultimate Terms to the minimization of immediate concerns. 2. Focus on immediate concerns to the neglect of Ultimate Terms. But we need to do both. This post is an excellent reminder that to be relevant we need both the eternal truths and temporal provisions – not hype and bling. Someone needing a job, food, clothes, housing, understanding, and justice when they are wronged never go out of style. The deep issues of a person’s heart and mind are always an issue. How do we overcome the struggles in our lives? The Source of our relevancy as followers of Christ – is Christ. So we must remember that to be relevant is to always be motivated by the love and truth of God to meet the needs of individuals. In the Hierarchy of Needs, it is almost impossible for a person to go on to greater, more impacting heights in life if they don’t have food to eat, clothes to wear, a roof over their head, understanding and justice.

Allen Paul Weaver III
author, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers
http://www.allenpaulweaveriii.com

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