dEhiN’s Blog

Pastor Brendan Witton, senior pastor of Church Without Limits just posted the following at his blog. The post is titled All we can do is give them a hug…”.

I finally finished Pursuit of the Holy by Cory Russell… a really good read.

“We are spiritually barren. We don’t have the knowledge of God and we don’t have the fear of the LORD and only a few are even in pursuit of these things. Our churches and cities and families are not turning back to God. It doesn’t matter how many Bible Schools we have, how many church plants we have, or how many radio and television ministries we have. Our cities are not turning back to God. In fact they appear to be going the opposite direction. When those who are dying, sick, troubled, hurting, addicted, abused and abandoned show up at the doors of the Church, we are not able to help them. We can’t heal, deliver, cure or comfort them. It takes the power of God to do that. And we don’t have the power of God, the presence of God or the knowledge of God. All we can do is give them a hug, sign them up for a home group and hope for the best. Things will not get better because we use the latest evangelism method or create a better radio commercial, because at the end of the day, only the presence and power of God can affect eternity.” (pg. 128)

DH