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Cal · 10-24-2011, 07:06 AM

Lee's emphasis on "life" was initially a needed pushback to religious self-effort, which if you visited evangelical churches in the mid-20th century was probably the norm.

The problem is times have changed, and the LRC has never reverted to the mean. They are still jousting with the 1965 Church, while the Church itself has moved on. Christians these days understand grace and needing the supply of the Holy Spirit pretty well. Dead churches are not the problem today. Ironically the problem is churches which want to have joy and peace (enjoy the Lord) but balk from works of service and changing bad behavior (all matters of "right and wrong").

The LRC, because they are stuck on Lee's message, can do nothing but sing the same old song. A song that, when push came to shove and righteousness was needed, let them down.

10-24-2011, 07:06 AM	#13
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Transformation: Did Lee Miss the Point? Lee's emphasis on "life" was initially a needed pushback to religious self-effort, which if you visited evangelical churches in the mid-20th century was probably the norm. The problem is times have changed, and the LRC has never reverted to the mean. They are still jousting with the 1965 Church, while the Church itself has moved on. Christians these days understand grace and needing the supply of the Holy Spirit pretty well. Dead churches are not the problem today. Ironically the problem is churches which want to have joy and peace (enjoy the Lord) but balk from works of service and changing bad behavior (all matters of "right and wrong"). The LRC, because they are stuck on Lee's message, can do nothing but sing the same old song. A song that, when push came to shove and righteousness was needed, let them down.