My sense is that the film's director was trying to make a statement about the spiritual condition of our "real" lives vs. the lives we show to others in a church setting. However, it makes me ask the question, how has the current church model contributed to this? I think a lot of people will view this as condemnation of the dad (rightly or wrongly), or perhaps a general statement about the people that show up at our churches. I view it as a statement of the church culture we have created...that all of us are responsible for...hence the next generation's almost rabid search for authenticity and a deeper spirituality.
A native of Houston, Texas, Todd served as youth pastor in churches in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Todd was called as the first pastor of Metro East Baptist Church in September of 1999. In November 2008 Todd became the Teaching Pastor of Church of the Saviour in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Following a call to the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), Todd became the Lead Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, VA in August of 2013.
He is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Todd and his wife, Karen, have been married since 1990 and have three children: Kate, Ryan, and Matthew.
"Therefore the Christ who is grasped by faith and who lives in the heart is the true Christian righteousness, on account of which God counts us righteous and grants us eternal life."
Martin Luther
"The Gospel is sheer good tidings, not demand but promise, not duty but gift."
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all too true...
My sense is that the film's director was trying to make a statement about the spiritual condition of our "real" lives vs. the lives we show to others in a church setting. However, it makes me ask the question, how has the current church model contributed to this? I think a lot of people will view this as condemnation of the dad (rightly or wrongly), or perhaps a general statement about the people that show up at our churches. I view it as a statement of the church culture we have created...that all of us are responsible for...hence the next generation's almost rabid search for authenticity and a deeper spirituality.
Mike
Mike,
Good to hear from you.
You have some good thoughts. I am going to take some time and interact with them later this evening.
blessings,
todd
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