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While surfing, I came across a sermon by RC Sproul, with whom many of you will be familiar. Unbeknownst to him, the solution to the problem he discusses already exists and does not need to be reinvented. It's called the Catholic Church!
See what you think:
"The only seekers we tend to draw with seeker sensitive services are believers seeking a different church. By presenting a God who wants us to look at ourselves, who doesn't judge and command, who has a wonderful set of insights on how to have a happy, healthy marriage we put God's imprimatur on narcisism. There's nothing evangelicals like more than to be told that God loves them just the way they are.
But why aren't the seekers coming? They like pop music, so we give them pop music. They like stories so we give them dramas. They like anonymity, so we let them have it. They like convenience, so we'll change their oil while they're here (this by the way is being done). The problem is that we can do none of these things as well as the world can. Why get up on a Sunday morning and drive somewhere to listen to pop music, when its as close as my stereo? Why settle for cheesy scripts and sets when the television does it so much better? Why spend an hour getting an oil change when the pros can do it in ten minutes?"
It's almost kind of sad that people search for authentic worship in all the wrong places. Why don't we all look around at the people we know and see if there's an Evangelical who might be open to the truths of our faith and invite them to Mass? Has anyone ever done this??? I know I haven't. We have something great to offer these "seekers", if only wetake the chance to share it with them.
See what you think:"The only seekers we tend to draw with seeker sensitive services are believers seeking a different church. By presenting a God who wants us to look at ourselves, who doesn't judge and command, who has a wonderful set of insights on how to have a happy, healthy marriage we put God's imprimatur on narcisism. There's nothing evangelicals like more than to be told that God loves them just the way they are.
But why aren't the seekers coming? They like pop music, so we give them pop music. They like stories so we give them dramas. They like anonymity, so we let them have it. They like convenience, so we'll change their oil while they're here (this by the way is being done). The problem is that we can do none of these things as well as the world can. Why get up on a Sunday morning and drive somewhere to listen to pop music, when its as close as my stereo? Why settle for cheesy scripts and sets when the television does it so much better? Why spend an hour getting an oil change when the pros can do it in ten minutes?"
It's almost kind of sad that people search for authentic worship in all the wrong places. Why don't we all look around at the people we know and see if there's an Evangelical who might be open to the truths of our faith and invite them to Mass? Has anyone ever done this??? I know I haven't.
We have something great to offer these "seekers", if only wetake the chance to share it with them. 
