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Originally Posted by SemperFideles 
I just don't understand how Americans ever got it in their head that cool music or a touring band of teenagers singing songs about Jesus or strong men ripping phonebooks in half causes the Gospel to be spread. It fits with the American mentality of convenience for sure because it requires no real effort or work and is fun to do. You don't have to get involved in their lives and, because you left them smiling at the performance, you leave with a warm feeling in your heart that, somehow, this person was given a lifetime of discipleship (what the Great Commission demands) by your two hour performance.
I'm sorry but I'm in between disgust and tears at how poor the theology of most Christians is.
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You just described my high school experience in youth group. While I wasn't Calvinist, I knew that something was wrong with "the church experience." Our church went to Canada for "mission work." We put on some really awesome puppet shows and sang some corny songs about how Jesus is the love of my life.
But even worse, we got to write this off as "laboring for the gospel." Sad thing is, said church still does these ineffective, time-consuming and relatively expensive endeavors.
Granted, we went to a relatively affluent section of Canada so we avoided a disaster similarly to what Heidi referred.
