Our readings in this series are from the book, Revived!. Here is a brief excerpt from page 47:
“In Psalm 53, David envisioned the people of God captive to the rebellious, lie-filled world. They were holed up in their city as the surrounding world of unbelief encroached. The salvation that God had invested in His people was bottled up within them, as they hunkered down behind the walls of their city, hoping not to be overwhelmed by the rising tide of lies and rebellion all around.
“This is an apt way of thinking about the state of the Church in our day, when we have exchanged God’s New Normal for a This Is Now approach to doing Christianity. Many observers insist that the Church has fallen captive to the spirit of the naturalism and narcissism of our day, that we have become ensnared in materialism and entertainment and have exchanged our birthright as sons and daughters of the living God in the belief that we can have Christ and all this world’s goods and fun as well. That stuff about dying to yourself and taking up your cross? That’s not for us; or, if it is for us, we can define it so that it sounds like a great, non-risky adventure of fun and feeling good.”
For a limited time, you can order Revived! together with the previous book in our Read Moore series, The Church Captive, at no cost. Order copies for yourself and for a study group or companion. And you can download a free discussion guide for both books.
T. M. Moore
