The website ChurchRelevance.com has had some great posts recently. Often it seems popular Christian thought is hopelessly muddled with pop psychology and post-modernist thinking. And among more theologically grounded Christian groups, culture and relevancy are topics that seem scarcely thought of. For that reason I am deeply encouraged to read someone clearly present a sound explanation of how the church should relate to culture.

The recent post, “Rick Warren on Engaging Culture Relevantly and Biblically,” is worth reading. I really like their posting style: bite-sized and “salty.” Definitely recommended reading.

Here are a few snippets I really liked:

• It is easy to be relevant if you are not biblical. It is easy to be biblical if you are not relevant. You need to be both relevant and biblical.
• It takes different types of churches to reach different types of people.
• If you can’t learn from other people, you have an ego problem.
• The problem with a lot of churches today is they would rather be creative than effective.

If you know of any internet sources that would help others be more relevant and biblical in their ministry, please share them with me.