What scares me is the anti-intellectual, anti-critical thinking philosophy that has spilled over into the church. This philosophy tends to romanticize the faith, making the local church into an experience center… Their concept of “church” is that they are spiritual consumers and that the church’s job is to meet their “felt needs.”
Copied from Right Thinking by Bill Hull copyright 1985, p. 66. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com. All rights reserved
Most Christians believe that men are indeed the method of Jesus, but precious few are willing to invest their lives by putting all their eggs in one basket. Believing this people-orientated philosophy and practicing it are entirely different matters. A large problem in Christendom is that we don’t want to take the risk or the time to invest in the lives of people, even though this was a fundamental part of Jesus’ ministry. We fear, that the basket is really a trap to ensnare us.
Jesus Christ: Disciple Maker, Revell, 1984,. p. 22.