| One day several years ago during worship, a realization came over me that
the words being spoken were merely utterances of reinforcement. New ground
was never broken. No one sought to explore ancient concepts or teachings
to new, and possibly uncomfortable, depths (or heights).
It came to me that this was a signal for me. It was time for me to find a
church that was more open to stretching itself spiritually. I believe I
have been Divinely led to two different churches since that initial
realization. And in doing so I believe I've been put to use, not for the
purpose of "preaching to the choir," but rather for the purpose of
relentlessly challenging the church to be the church.
Peace,
Richard
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| RE: 1
When I think of "preaching to the choir", I think of Frederick Price,
of Crenshaw Christian Center...I'm sure you've all heard of him RIGHT!
Anyway, he often preaches to his choir...this is the "literal" sense of
this phrase.
Been in a non-literal sense, I would imagine that Paul's letters to the
churches, represent "preaching to the choir". And, in general, the
meaning of Jesus' statement, "Feed MY flock", would encompass
"preaching to the choir"...
Perhaps, however, the negatives associated with the event, in modern
times, is that most often the choir has heard that sermon before,
especially if the preaching is the kind that writes his sermons and
files them and recycles them every now and then.
And if that's the case, I'd imagine that when the recycled sermons
begin to emerge for a member it would indeed be time to move on...
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