So, during church today (like a good Christian boy) I was attempting to blog this via cell phone. After about a half hour of cell blogging, I realized there was no “post” button and had to lose all my genius work! Here’s the gist of what you missed:
If Jesus chose to come to earth in the present day instead of early AD, and came to Akron, Ohio instead of Jerusalem, how would he do his minstry? Specifically with urban ministry (of which I am especially passionate), how would Jesus handle some of these incorrigible or “bad” kids (of which I am especially drawn to)? Would he yell at them for asking questions without raising their hand? Would he tell them they are not allowed to come to church? Would HE even be allowed in our nice, country-club buildings?
Sorry if I’m just complaining and whining, but I feel very frustrated and uncontent with the suburb-exclusivity that I feel with my church. How do you think Jesus would do uban ministry? And how should we, in light of that? Are our requirements higher than the King of kings? Are we better judges than God? How come we are doing ministry differently than Jesus?
