It will kick off a short series of sermons about marks of ministry that I find significant. They will give you a glimpse not only of scriptures, but of some of the values in ministry that I hold dear. There are many areas where the church that is supposed to transform culture, ends up being transformed by the culture. Our understanding of ministry is one of those. We live in a culture of glamour and stardom.
People magazine is the largest selling magazine in our culture.
It is filled with stories of what the glamorous people are doing. Tuesday of this week I paused to watch baseball's All-Star game. Thousands of nameless people sitting in the stands at Fenway Park cheering for a few. This kind of thinking infects the church as well. Several years ago Time magazine had a list of the 10 best preachers in America.