Groundhog Day’s Hidden Power

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I listened to a White Horse Inn podcast recently, titled Boredom and Entertainment.

Compared with an action-packed movie, most people would probably characterise the ministry of the word and sacrament as “boring.” So in order to reach out, should churches make their services more entertaining? Joining the panel for this discussion is Richard Winter, author of Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment…

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2 Responses to “Groundhog Day’s Hidden Power”

  • david butterworth Says:
    August 12th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    “so in order to reach out should churches make there services more entertaining “. I recently asked several modern adolescents” about why they dont like church. all said its boring! its a shame to ask but does modern church need a marketing face lift to get these soon to be heads of the home on the narrow path
    to help secure the success of the church in modern times ?

  • Mike Bull Says:
    August 12th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    Enthusiasm is contagious. Perhaps we just need less boring, unbelieving Bible teachers. Every Bible teacher should be sent into the desert for 3 years with James Jordan lectures and an iPod. If they survive the ordeal (the desert, not the lectures), they should be like fire on the altar.

    I think the marketing facelift over the past 30 years has failed. Church has been dumbed down and made so ordinary that one might as well go to the pub. At least you can get alcohol there and have a good conversation with Christian friends! Such a meeting has more Bible content than Nice Club, er, church.

    #1 – The first rule of Nice Club is, you do not talk about Nice Club.

    #2 – The second rule of Nice Club is, you DO NOT talk about Nice Club.

    Let’s face it. Why would you want to?

    Also, modern adolescents have been raised in an environment of instant gratification. We should be raising our kids away from that as much as possible. We don’t want sunflowers; we want oak trees! I teach the Bible to adolescents, and once they get into it, it blows them away.