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There are some awesome heart-felt responses to this thread.
Notice that the emphasis is on the approach, and not the message. Our given culture is constantly changing, and we must find new and effective ways of reaching our generation. I come from the music side of ministry, and I remember the epiphany I had about ten years ago that the 'leading edge' music style that I was entrenched in for many years was now "old school"!
Still to this day I am more touched and blessed with my favorite style of keyboard driven (piano and Hammond organ) gospel music. I don't connect very well with the new wave contemporary guitar driven style. The problem that I noticed is that my children connected very well with the new style and not so much with my favorite style. My grandchildren? I might as well be playing ragtime!
I find it interesting that the same preachers who were revolutionary and effective when they were young, are now trying to hold back the new generation of preachers by maintaining the approach that they themselves blazed. They have transformed from being entrepreneur to being a maintainer. They are asking the next generation to be a maintainer only, and keep their entrepreneur spirit under wraps.
What will the end result be? If it were a business, it might be planning a "going out of business" sale!
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