Disciple Making Recipe

Found this interesting piece HERE.

The New and Improved Seeker-Sensitive Recipe for Making Disciples

Heaping Portions of Culturally Appealing Entertainment
Generous Scoops of Songs That Have Little or No Doctrinal Content
Buckets of Sermons That Teach Practical Self-Help Lessons and Pop-Psych Mixed With a Sprinkling of Out-of-Context Bible Verses
The Yeast From a Small Group Study Lead by Un-Trained Lay-People Who Pool Their Biblical Ignorance by Asking the Question, “What Does This Verse Mean to You?”

The Biblical Recipe for Making Disciples - Acts 2:42

A Tenacious Devotion to the Teaching of the Apostles (God’s Word Proclaimed in Song and Sermon) Under A Trained Pastor - 2 Tim 4:1-2, 2 Tim 2:2
Fellowship
Breaking of Bread (Lord's Supper)
Prayers

Which recipe is your church cooking with?

The $148 Sandwich

Recently a London chef created the $148 sandwich. And I thought a grande latte at Starbucks was expensive. I couldn't help but wonder just who it is that buys an $148 sandwich? Granted I'm the type whose pocket change dictates whether I get a vente or a grande, but $148 for a sandwich? Despite the fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit, and other wonderful ingredients that I can't pronounce, I can't imagine a scenario that would lead me to purchase such extravagant cuisine. To me a sandwich is a sandwich. It's not to hard to mess one up. A couple slices of bread, your favorite meat, some cheese, lettuce, your favorite condiment and in the words of Emeril - bam - a sandwich.
In some strange way this is what a lot of churches do to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They turn it into a $148 dollar sandwich by making it so complex and complicated that it becomes unreachable and even undesirable. I've been at churches where their discipleship process was so complex that one could earn a degree in engineering with less difficulty. We need to get back to simplicity - because the Gospel is simple. Leading people into a practical relationship with Jesus Christ and a practical Biblical life growth plan. Over the years I've seen the church fail at this time and time again. That's why the church is looked at today by millions of spiritually hungry Americans as the $148 sandwich - a curious item for sure, but one that they would never actually partake in. Now pardon me while I go find a good dollar menu.