Comments on: The Ironies of the "Church is Lame" Crowd http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/11/09/the-ironies-of-the-church-is-lame-crowd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ironies-of-the-church-is-lame-crowd Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon Bartlett http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/11/09/the-ironies-of-the-church-is-lame-crowd/#comment-5497 Jon Bartlett Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:26:51 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=4498#comment-5497 It's very easy to take a not unreasonable criticism, twist it into a straw man and give a snappy sarcastic answer to a different question. A one line rebuttal of each of these straw men would be equally easy but hardly worth the effort. It’s very easy to take a not unreasonable criticism, twist it into a straw man and give a snappy sarcastic answer to a different question. A one line rebuttal of each of these straw men would be equally easy but hardly worth the effort.

]]> By: RJ http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/11/09/the-ironies-of-the-church-is-lame-crowd/#comment-5496 RJ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:01:21 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=4498#comment-5496 This sounds like a radical conservative bashing of "liberals" to me more than a constructive critique. Of course there is some truth to all these rantings but I would say it is not generally characteristic of many who the authors seem to want to stick their labels on. If the current day church cannot take any constructive criticisms then they are indeed in trouble. I am not insinuating that all critism against the church is constructive but I think some part of it is. There is plenty of room for improvements in bringing the masses to Christ. If we were perfect in our evangelism then church attendance would be increase not decreasing as it has for the last 15 or more years. Let's not take all criticisms as attacks. This sounds like a radical conservative bashing of “liberals” to me more than a constructive critique. Of course there is some truth to all these rantings but I would say it is not generally characteristic of many who the authors seem to want to stick their labels on.

If the current day church cannot take any constructive criticisms then they are indeed in trouble. I am not insinuating that all critism against the church is constructive but I think some part of it is. There is plenty of room for improvements in bringing the masses to Christ. If we were perfect in our evangelism then church attendance would be increase not decreasing as it has for the last 15 or more years.

Let’s not take all criticisms as attacks.

]]> By: Mich http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/11/09/the-ironies-of-the-church-is-lame-crowd/#comment-5495 Mich Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:05 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=4498#comment-5495 You could say that Consistency is not a postmodern virtue because a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Peace. You could say that Consistency is not a postmodern virtue because a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Peace.

]]> By: Aaron Armstrong http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/11/09/the-ironies-of-the-church-is-lame-crowd/#comment-5494 Aaron Armstrong Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:51:25 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=4498#comment-5494 That was one of my favorite parts as well, along with the chapter rebutting Pagan Christianity. That was one of my favorite parts as well, along with the chapter rebutting Pagan Christianity.

]]> By: David Wakerley http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/11/09/the-ironies-of-the-church-is-lame-crowd/#comment-5493 David Wakerley Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:54:04 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=4498#comment-5493 Great excerpt! Thanks for sharing! Dave Great excerpt! Thanks for sharing!

Dave

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