The Church of Chicken Little (Thread)

On a recurring basis, Christians spot news headlines that signal yet one more moral collapse in society, the growing paganization of the cultures in which we live, the spread of antipathy toward the faith. 1/6

And then it hits social media. Facebook becomes an online pity-party or preaching-party, lamenting the end of society as we know it. Twitter explodes with doomsday-sounding predictions. And in pulpits, pastors have plenty of fodder for their Sunday morning sermons. 2/6

I get the concern. I really do. But if we’re not careful, we'll become engrossed with all the bad news. We’ll end up sounding more like the Church of Chicken Little than the Church of Jesus Christ. 3/6

We’ll give the impression that our central message is not “Christ crucified” but “The sky is falling.” We’ll forget that we’ve still got people to take care of, vocations to fulfill, plenty of work to do. 4/6

And that work, that mission, is not to save our culture from moral collapse or to spend all day whining and complaining about the loss of the good ole days. 5/6

The mission of the church is to bring sinners into communion with the life-giving, sin-forgiving, salvation-imparting flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. Until the sky really does fall, and the Lord comes again, that’s the work God has given the church to do. Let’s do it. 6/6