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It has recently been said within TCH circles that that at some point it is inevitable that someone in the Crowded House will go heretical. I’m not sure this is heretical, but you must call into question some of the methods of a recent branch of Crowded House in Pietermaritzburg (I didn’t realise we had planted there…?).
Is this taking cultural relevancy too far?
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On Sunday I’m preaching on Acts 17 and what I’ve found most striking is the passion with which Paul reacts to the idols that he sees around the city of Athens (for the NIV ‘greatly distressed’ read ‘roused to anger’). His passion reflects God’s passion. Paul is concerned for justice, and where people are following idols justice is absent. God is not being recognised and praised as God and that is unjust.
So I thought I’d go on a little ‘idol walk’ of my own, and these are some of the idols I came across… Read the rest of this entry »
