So I’m reading Christianity Today this morning with my apple and cinnamon cheerios.
A good article by Ed Stetzer on the abuse of statistics by pastors and churches. We cherry-pick data, take it out of context, and make points or application that are not actually warranted by the data. Very common missteps. Good corrective.
The last article in the issue is an interview with an evangelical who is a White House Fellow. He quotes from Luke four, “preach good news to the poor.” He identifies poverty as the worst form of oppression. He ends up stating that raising the minimum wage is “a real moral imperative and an issue that Christians should be united around.” What?! Let’s talk moral imperatives Christians must be united around. I’m pretty clear on that.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Repent of sin
Pursue holiness without which no one will see the Lord
Go into all the world and preach the gospel
Love one another even as I have loved you
But raising the minimum wage? Really?
Lastly, there was a nice article about age-segregation in churches. The author nails the down-side of targeting churches toward a specific age-demographic. “A church family from the same generation isn’t much of a family. We need a family where some of us experienced World War II in the trenches, and others experienced it by playing Call of Duty on our Xbox.” True.
By God’s grace, we have that at RBC. I love it.