The one thing institutional, shepherd-dominated parish priest focused Christianity has always done well is to provide sacraments and rituals that reinforce mainstream cultural values.
These institutions feed off of culture and profit from it as they support it and advance it. They are not salt and light to culture.
I have been pointing out that our shepherd mafia has done nothing as far as the turn of the culture from values that don't protect the CGGC institution. And, until the shepherd mafia repents to its heart, I can't see that there is anything for it to do.
Counter-Culture Christianity is not shepherd-dominated. Be honest. Counter-Culture Christianity is dominated by apostles and prophets. It is Luther standing up for 95 points of truth. It is Wesley demanding a vital relationship with the Lord based in wholehearted love for Him and neighbor and the sinners of the world. It is Winebrenner demanding freedom and equality for slaves. It is Bonhoeffer resisting Hitler to the moment of his death. It is Mother Theresa turning her back on comfort and ease to spend herself on the least of these.
Luther. Wesley. Winebrenner. Bonhoeffer. Theresa.
People for whom faith organically produced action. Radical, culture-threatening action.
But, the people who think of themselves as CGGC leaders, only think and produce words as if words are works.
They don't act. My guess is that they are paralyzed.
As time goes on, we, in the CGGC, get more words unconnected to acts of love, mercy, grace and obedience.
The culture is moving in its direction at the speed of light. Our so-called leaders seem to have their feet anchored in concrete.
It's time to throw out the old wineskin.
It is long past the time to repent.
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