Brad, I totally agree with you that it will be through God's power that we see people come to faith.

But I also think (and I am not totally sure how this all fits together) that we need to do anything short of sin to reach people for Christ.

One of my biggest frustrations is all the rules that are out there...

> Missional people say we ought not try and attract people
> Traditionalist say we ought not use contempory worship
> Non-pragmatists say we ought not use leadership techniques
> Church leaders say we ought not plant within 30 min drive of the mother church
> Preachers with low self-esteem say we ought not use video venues because it makes them feel inferior.

This is what I dream of...

A church exploding so much that we don't have time to worry about all our man made rules. We need to preach the gospel. We need to plant churches. We need to send people out as missionaries. We need to attract unbelievers. We need to use wisdom/leadership. We need to connect with culture.

I think that making up man-made rules about this stuff just holds us back.

WHY WHY WHY do we keep criticizing each other? Can't we just get on with it?

I just wish we were so busy making disciples that we didn't have time to criticize each others methods.

Mark