Monday, August 9, 2010

Primal Leaders

"...they are numbered among the unlikely. ... those who are most religious will be most offended and indignant. Barbarians are not welcome among the civilized and are feared among the domesticated. The way of Jesus is far too savage for their sensibilities. ... Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing His name. People are being lost because they cannot reconcile Jesus' association with Christianity. Christianity has become docile, domesticated, civilized. We have forgotten that there is a kingdom of darkness stealing the hopes and dreams and souls of a humanity without God. It is time to hear the barbarian call, to form a barbarian tribe, and to unleash the barbarian revolt. Let the invasion begin ..."

- Erwin Raphael McManus, The Barbarian Way

2 comments:

  1. I'm a bit confused by the barbarian term in context with the way Jesus lived. I've never associated love with barbarianism...perhaps I've missed something. This seems a bit militant and pushes grace to the outer edge. I'm all about change and getting back to the root of love as Father intended it to be! We NEVER have to "fight" for God - He's big enough to do that Himself and will do the fighting needed for us too. I'm all in on the revolt however, the revolt of the Mustard Seed kind...
    Thanks for pushing the envelope.

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  2. Perhaps "barbarian" does have a negative connotation. But I think I get the idea behind the use of that term. I totally agree that the church has become "domesticated and tame" and we need an unleashing of passion.

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