2 Weeks In

Well, I've managed to survive the first two weeks of the new semester. Its been quite hectic -- kind of a blur. Hopefully things will slow down a little now that I am getting into more of a routine.

I volunteered to help teach one of the 5th and 6th grade Sunday school classes at my church, starting this Sunday. I'm not overly thrilled with the curriculum, but I am glad to be working with this age group again.

I also finally finished reading "Above All Earthly Pow'rs" by David F. Wells. Its a bit of a dense read, but a great look at Christianity in the postmodern age and the "seeker-sensitive" movement. I'd highly recommend it. Here are a couple quotes:

" . . . the Church cannot hide itself within a culture but must also speak to that culture from outside itself. To the seeker-sensitive theorists, this kind of "authoritative" faith is what is supposedly puts off the postmodern generations, but one must ask what is so "authentic" about Christians becoming cognitively indistinguishable from the postmodern unbelievers they want to see join their churches?"

"Christianity is not up for sale. Its price has already been fixed and that price is the complete and ongoing surrender to Christ of those who embrace him by faith. It can only be had on his terms. It can only be had as a whole. It refuses to offer only selections of its teachings. Furthermore, the Church is not its retailing outlet. Its preachers are not its peddlers and those who are Christians are not its customers. It cannot legitimately be had as a bargain though the marketplace is full of bargain hunters. No. Let us think instead of the Church as its voice of proclamation, not its sales agent, its practitioner, not its marketing firm. And in that proclamation there is inevitable cultural confrontation. More precisely, there is the confrontation between Christ, in and through the biblical Word, and the rebellion of the human heart. This is confrontation of those whose face is that of a particular culture but whose heart is that of the fallen world. We cannot forget that."