Skye Jethani asks whether we are that different from the Crusaders in his new book, The Divine Commodity: When Christians with a consumer consciousness try to wrap their imaginations around such a large undertaking [as the Great Commission], they will automatically think about products or corporations that have impacted the world and emulate the same [...]
On page 151 of The Divine Commodity, Skye Jethani writes: Hospitality was never about changing oneself to fit the desires and expectations of the guest, but rather about loving and honoring the guest by welcoming her into the reality of one’s life and community with open arms. But this view has been radically changed in [...]
In The Divine Commodity, Skye Jethani writes: These pastors [who encourage church leaders to "embrace entertainment"], representative of so many contemporary Christians, believe that God changes lives through the commodification and consumption of experiences. If our worship gatherings are energetic, stimulating, and exciting enough then people will attend, receive what’s being communicated, and be spiritually [...]
Skye Jethani’s recent book, The Divine Commodity, has been a welcome read concerning the stranglehold that consumer christianity has over most of us in the American church, even (and especially) those of us who disavow it. Over the next week, I’ll be posting a few quotes from the book that helped me to think through [...]
Sally Morganthaler’s article is too thought-provoking to only read once. I ran across it again this week and am still blown away by her assessment of the situation that we are in. As negative attitudes toward conservative Christianity among the unchurched increased in the late ’90s and early 2000s, most large-congregation growth efforts became more [...]
David Fitch of Reclaiming the Mission has begun a new series of posts called “When They Will Not Come”. Here is a quote that resonates with what I’ve been trying to express about hype and takes it in a different direction, namely discipleship. I believe a host of problems in American evangelicalism originate in our [...]
