Francis Chan: Church wastes too much time waiting on God’s voice; Christians getting too fat on the Word

Interesting blog. I would say I dislike the title. I am not a fan on making a provocative title to get people to read but I do think there are some interesting thoughts here.

“We’ve created a church culture in America where we assume we do nothing until we hear a voice from Heaven. And so if I go to church on Sunday, the pastor’s going to preach a sermon [and] we pretty much assume we’re not going to do anything radical in response to it unless he gives a really great sermon and gives us steps right afterwards, or this or that or really, really, think that we hear a voice from the Lord.”
He writes that these Christians remind him of “the fattest people on earth” who have consumed so much food that they can no longer walk. “They are fed more and more knowledge every week. They attend church services, join small group Bible Studies, read Christian books, listen to podcasts and are convinced they still need more knowledge.”

Chan explained that continually listening to the Word without applying it has made Christians’ ears dull to God’s call.

His challenge …

“Why not assume action? Why do you hear a verse and assume I shouldn’t do something in response to that unless the Lord is stopping you?”

Love to hear peoples thoughts on this.

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