Is Oasis Really a Ministry?
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:54 pm
Hmmm . Is Christianity Oasis Really a Ministry?
I imagine that may get some people's attention. Some are ready to delete this post already. Some may answer it's not a ministry; it's just a website. Because it doesn't fit our standard idea of ministry. There's not a piano or an organ. There's not a building with a steeple on top. (Don't get me wrong, I believe in the purpose of the church as a local body of believers. And I'm faithful to my church.)
It's interesting how easy it is to have our own conceptions of what is and isn't ministry and even how God does and doesn't work. We've all been there. We see God heal in a certain way and that's how we expect Him to heal the next time. We used to believe that the only Christian music was hymns. Then slowly we realized that while the hymns have their purpose and bless us greatly bringing us into an attitude of worship, that there are also contemporary choruses that we may even sing off of the wall which reach others and bring us into an attitude of praise.
Does this mean that God has changed? That He changes? OH NO!! Hebrews 13:8 says, Jesus Christ IS THE SAME yesterday, today, and forever.
I imagine that may get some people's attention. Some are ready to delete this post already. Some may answer it's not a ministry; it's just a website. Because it doesn't fit our standard idea of ministry. There's not a piano or an organ. There's not a building with a steeple on top. (Don't get me wrong, I believe in the purpose of the church as a local body of believers. And I'm faithful to my church.)
It's interesting how easy it is to have our own conceptions of what is and isn't ministry and even how God does and doesn't work. We've all been there. We see God heal in a certain way and that's how we expect Him to heal the next time. We used to believe that the only Christian music was hymns. Then slowly we realized that while the hymns have their purpose and bless us greatly bringing us into an attitude of worship, that there are also contemporary choruses that we may even sing off of the wall which reach others and bring us into an attitude of praise.
Does this mean that God has changed? That He changes? OH NO!! Hebrews 13:8 says, Jesus Christ IS THE SAME yesterday, today, and forever.