Twitter and Tweets
I have decided to give Twitter a try.
I am not a huge fan of social networking sites–I am certain it is more of the “social” element and not the “networking” element; after all, who does not like networking?–but Twitter is one more point of contact, which cannot hurt.
For the record, I do not think “church sucks.” The church is the corporate body of Christ. I am, however, opposed to some of the institutional constructs that have evolved (mostly in Western culture) over the last few hundred years. Order and ceremonial observation are great, but not when the purpose and function has long since been lost. I say we have communion with potato chips and Coke.
Potato chips and coke… I love it! Next thing you know, the congregation will be sitting around tables in an atmosphere of fellowship instead of facing the front of church. Absolutely bizarre!
Make mine sour cream.
Tables at church!? Sacrilege, I say!
Potato chips and coke… Hmmmm? There a thought…
i like twitter very much and me using twitter tweets in my website.
Potatio chips and coke. Hmmm I would have to disagree. just because over the years the purpose and function of ordances in the church have been forgotten and people do things out of tradition does not mean that we leave the ordances that christ has given us. Wine represents the Blood and broken bread the body. Not potatio chips and coke. It is the responsability of the Pastor and elders to bring the church back on track and teach the true meaning of the scriptures or we will end up like the new emerging church movement. We need to teach the scriptures and not change them.
just my thoughts
by the way Dave. Miss you and will be looking forward to seeing you next summer
I think an important element of communion is the fellowship that went with it. In our church culture we’ve replaced what was an entire meal with a wafer and sip cup. Real communion focuses on the sacrifice Jesus made in his body while believers join together in that remembrance. If the purposes is there, then the meaning is not lost.
I truely agree with that statement, but we can not sub chips and coke for communion. How do you teach about his blood with coke ( coke rocks though, better than pepsi), or the breaking of his body with chips, the ripping of the bread is like ripping of His flesh, breaking a chip can not represent that. I do agree with your point. It has been down graded. The believers of that day broke bread daily from house to house hence fellowship ( another topic that bugs me in the church ). I have been in churches that never had comunion. North American Christianity is not the christianity of the bible. It is only 2 steps behind the worlds culture. What was sin to the church 15 years ago is tolerated today and will be okay for christians to do in 10 more years.
But again the responsibilty falls back on us ( those who preach and teach the word of God ) to teach the ordances of God and bring the people back in relationship with god and the word of God.
Repentance is not preached in churches today. And thats a shame.
I’m not disagreeing with the symbolism of what communion elements represent. My original comment was more of a light-hearted approach to draw attention to the “majoring on minors” and “minoring on majors” that takes place within the church.
Realistically even the communion that does take often place differs from what the Bible modelled. I don’t think we need to replicate every facet of what the Bible shows us, but I do believe we need to take hold of the principles that it lays out. Having a wafer and a plastic sip cup of grape juice is a far stretch from a full meal with wine (hence the comment about chips and Coke). I think the purpose of the reduced version of communion is so that we are reminded of what Jesus did. In the same way, we as the church should be creating opportunities of social engagement with one another that can include more than a wafer and sole grape.
I don’t believe either of us disagree about the importance of communion. My comment was a simple off-hand comment and not a doctrine to hold to. At any rate, enough parleying about this topic.
Agreed brother.