Excerpt from a
Newsboys song.
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I dunno what goes
down the moment we die
Do we get halos
& harps? Do we sleep? Do we fly? I dunno
How, when and why
this world will finally end,
Speculation’s gonna
grow, who knows best, I dunno
I dunno if I should
push ahead or stop and grieve,
I lie awake and wonder how to
make a city believe,
I dunno when it's a ministry and
when it's a show
Maybe neither, maybe both, I
dunno, but this one thing I know
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I attend a very
dynamic church, Valley Family Church.
It's what many would consider a mega church. I think we have over 3500 members.
As many of the big
churches do, we have a very talented music and worship team. Our church is set up like an auditorium more
than a church, with a big stage. We have
all the lighting, video, and audio capabilities of a small television station.
Our church services
are quite a production. I am blessed to
serve on the video team running one of the cameras. There are some that criticize a worship
service like ours as being to flashy and not real church. I even used to wonder a little bit about it
myself. I think the Newsboys lyrics
above express the question very well.
And then I ran
across this Scripture
John 11:40-44(NKJV)
40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to
you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
41Then they took away the
stone £from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I
thank You that You have heard Me.
42And I know that You always hear
Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You
sent Me.”
43Now when He had said these
things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
44And he who had died came out bound hand
and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said
to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
Seems that even
Jesus knew the value of a little showmanship and used that technique Himself
from time to time.
Guess I don't need
to worry about that anymore! :)
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