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Monday, January 19, 2009,9:14 p.m.
CONCISE TRUTHS
I was browsing through some articles tonight and found some GOLDEN stuff. I'd forgotten how much I like Mike Pilavachi's writings (is that awful to say?), and here's why I like what he has to say:
"... Others [other church leaders] need confidence that the young generation are not a different species, they’re just a younger version of them, and actually love transcends cultures. Some of the best youth leaders I’ve known have been people with white hair who just love the young people. We also need a passion to go and find them where they are, get beside them, care for them and to be genuine. It’s more important to be authentic than it is to be relevant."
And I love this one.....
"...The heart of charismatic worship is rooted in the local church. We need to encourage all our worship leaders to be accountable to the authority of the local church. It can be so easy to end up becoming independent. That is the key thing, because in some places now there’s a fair bit of money in it, especially in America. We don’t just want to make worship albums because there’s a market. True worship becomes real in the context of a committed community adoring Jesus together. While I hate entertainment worship, we need to make a distinction between what I call ‘temple’ worship and worship for the streets. The old ‘Come Together’ musicals were a mixture of worship and evangelism! They were playing songs, but there was also an element of outreach and there was a bit of entertainment in it as well. Yet it was all pointing to Jesus. At the same time I passionately believe that anointed, Christ-centred, Spirit-filled, adoring, praising, thanksgiving worship is the best evangelistic tool we have, because people sense the presence of God."
Your thoughts?
"... Others [other church leaders] need confidence that the young generation are not a different species, they’re just a younger version of them, and actually love transcends cultures. Some of the best youth leaders I’ve known have been people with white hair who just love the young people. We also need a passion to go and find them where they are, get beside them, care for them and to be genuine. It’s more important to be authentic than it is to be relevant."
And I love this one.....
"...The heart of charismatic worship is rooted in the local church. We need to encourage all our worship leaders to be accountable to the authority of the local church. It can be so easy to end up becoming independent. That is the key thing, because in some places now there’s a fair bit of money in it, especially in America. We don’t just want to make worship albums because there’s a market. True worship becomes real in the context of a committed community adoring Jesus together. While I hate entertainment worship, we need to make a distinction between what I call ‘temple’ worship and worship for the streets. The old ‘Come Together’ musicals were a mixture of worship and evangelism! They were playing songs, but there was also an element of outreach and there was a bit of entertainment in it as well. Yet it was all pointing to Jesus. At the same time I passionately believe that anointed, Christ-centred, Spirit-filled, adoring, praising, thanksgiving worship is the best evangelistic tool we have, because people sense the presence of God."
Your thoughts?
