Don Miller put the cap on Catalyst with a fantastic talk about basically how the Kingdom of God has morphed into a coroporation--God is the CEO and we are consumers. The product we're buying is spirituality.
"What is the new false God of culture?' he asked. Entertainment.
He said that there are three dominant influences on the church today:
- Free-market economic system
- Darwinism
- The Bible
He outlined basic marketing strategy:
- Convince you that you are not happy
- Invest in my product and you will be satisfied.
He implied that this is the approach the church has taken. To shed some light on it, he read Matthew chapter six from the Message. Read it. It's powerful.
He said, "Love doesn't always give you what you want. It'll give you what you need. Love is willing to let you be in discomfort or even pain. Love is most interested in growing you into maturity--whatever it takes."
Thus endeth my summaries of the Catalyst 2006 conference. You can read the "official" Catalyst speaker notes here.
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