John Michael Lane

The more I study and read about church history and contemporary church culture, the more the following quote comes to mind. When read in the context of the “reThink” church movement, to me it becomes very applicable.

“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.” - C.S. Lewis

To me, it seems that if we focus on God’s word and Truth rather than clever church models and man’s faith in his “Rethinking” things, we will discover that it is not man who makes God relevant to post-modern man, but rather, it is God that makes God relevant to the post-modern man. It has nothing to do with clever church models. If the Gospel is being preached, and the sole focus of the church is to glorify and know God, then God will use that attitude and example to open the post-modern mind to truth.

Let us just tell the truth, or as Paul puts it, “Preach the Word”. I believe if we do this and seek to understand the Gospel and the word of God , The Gospel will become relevant and original to the post-modern man on its own, because in today’s church culture, it will probably be the first time he has ever heard it.