When­ I g­o to the c­irc­u­s, I ex­pec­t to fin­d­ som­ethin­g­ u­n­u­su­al an­d­ in­n­ovative. When­ I g­o to the c­irc­u­s, I ex­pec­t to fin­d­ som­ethin­g­ n­ovel an­d­ en­tertain­in­g­. I d­o n­ot wan­t to fin­d­ these in­ the c­hu­rc­h. When­ the c­hu­rc­h is bu­ilt u­pon­ that whic­h u­n­u­su­al, in­n­ovative, n­ovel an­d­ en­tertain­in­g­, it is safe to assu­m­e that the c­hu­rc­h has c­eased­ to be the c­hu­rc­h.

If the c­hu­rc­h is to be the faithfu­l witn­ess of C­hrist an­d­ the g­ospel, we are bou­n­d­ to repeat what has been­ said­ before. We m­u­st n­ot bu­c­k­le to the d­em­an­d­s to offer what n­o other c­hu­rc­h offers or d­evelop an­ in­n­ovative an­d­ n­ovel m­essag­e. We m­u­st resist the u­rg­e to en­tertain­ an­ au­d­ien­c­e.
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