Matt Brammer

I hate to quote Perry Noble again, but… this is something that needs to be addressed.

It bothers me how often churches will allow sub par ministry to exist and at the same time have the guts to claim they are “Spirit led.”

What is he talking about?  I agree, sub-par ministry should be dealt with accordingly.  But what Perry describes as “sub-par” is incorrect. 

Perry states:

We believe the church should be doing ministry WAY BETTER than the world does entertainment.

• Our singers should be better!
• Our artists should be better!
• Our speakers should be better!
• Our childrens and youth ministry should be better than MTV or Disney!

WHY?  BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD LEADING US, WORKING IN US…AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAVE NO EXCUSE AS TO WHY WE DON’T GIVE HIM OUR BEST!

I completely agree, we should give our best to God, and Malachi chapter 1 emphasizes the importance of giving your first and best.

However, this has nothing to do with outward appearances.  True worship comes from a humble and broken heart, not from having the best pitch and tone.  We should still keep in mind those things, our best should be put into practice and learning songs, etc… but not our main focus.

Yes we present our best to God, but God doesn’t accept our praise if we praise Him with just pleasing sounds and have no love in our hearts for Him, we are nothing more than an annoying cymbal.

Grace and Peace.

In Perry Noble’s blog he mentions that one of the things that guides his church, NewSpring, is that his staff and he are excited about Sundays.

First off, that’s awesome.  Anytime a gathering of believers occurs we should be excited.  However, a current theme of performance perfection and promoting his service is filling his blogs.  So when it comes down to only being excited about Sundays we are left with this hopeless feeling of God only showing up one day a week.  As a pastor, one is supposed to teach the flock how to go OUT and minister.  With the statement that “…I’m living in anticipation of NEXT Sunday!”  I’d have to ask, “Where is your hope in a movement for Christ outside of a building?”  

Don’t misunderstand me, I believe that Perry loves Jesus and so does his church.  But promoting Sundays as primary way for the gospel to be presented, is wrong.  The church is not a ministry, the Church ministers.

Grace and Peace.