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Perry Noble on engaging those outside of the church

// August 11th, 2008 // Christianity, Sacramento, church, church relevance, culture, evangelism/outreach, life, ministry, people

Over on Tony Morgan’s blog he posted some “Perryisms” today. These are probably my favorite posts from Tony as I get such a kick out of the language that Perry Noble can pull off in his sermons. He’s simply awesome!

I’ve been posting lately about being missional and how we as Christians can engage and connect with the culture around us without compromising our faith. Here are a couple of Perryisms from Tony’s post that I thought were great:

• “If a Christian can only listen to Christian music, I wouldn’t listen to music because most of it is bad.”
• “For far too long, the Church has gotten mad at non-Christians for being non-Christians. I don’t get mad at a duck for quacking. It’s a duck. It quacks.”
• “We have to be willing to go to places that make us uncomfortable in order to reach people that no one else is reaching.”
• “We need to accept people where they are. Meet them where they are. And take them to a place where they can meet Jesus.”

Somedays I feel like I should pack up and move the family to Anderson, NC and just sit and learn all I can from Pastor Noble at NewSpring Church. However, I believe God is preparing our city here in Sacramento to go to some uncomfortable places and engage our culture and share the love & grace of Jesus bringing light into some dark places.