Sunday night on the way home from church I ran over a "live" opossum. Funny thing is, I never felt one ounce of remorse for the little creature. I've ran over squirrels, birds, dogs, cats and felt horrible, but when I ran over the opossum I felt fine, almost as if I had done the world a favor by elminating another one of these terrible creatures. There have been times in my driving career when I've nearly crashed trying to avoid hitting one of those precious little creature such as a squirrel, but laughed when I ran over the opossum.
Is not a opossum one of God's precious little creatures like a rabbit or anything else we would consider cute? Why would I feel remorse over hitting a little bird, but none when I kill a opossum? Am I a terrible person?
About Relevance
- Michael Burgner
- Cleveland, Tennessee, United States
- With all the modern terms used to describe culture and the modern church I like to simplify things and just say RELEVANCE! We're living in a Post-Christian or Post-Modern culture in America and many label modern churches as emergent and leaders as emerging. The term emergent is a bit confusing though it means "rising, up & coming, or promising." I like to say we're relevant! Relevant to what? Relevant to 21st century culture. I am determined to present the Gospel to 21st century post-christian culture and be effective in doing so. God used me in the 20th century to reach that culture and I celebrate what the church did in the last century. However, I refuse to replace relevance for religion. Whatever it takes to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ relevant to the 21st century, that is what I'm willing to do. My childhood was spend as the son of a pastor, and I became a preacher at the age of 18. I've been married since 1987 and have a boy and a girl.
Monday, January 19, 2009
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