VCRs, Buggy Whips and an EPIC church

I read this quote this week:*

“Think of the church as a VCR.           If you have newer DVDs, you can’t play them on your old VCR – You need an entirely different device.” **

Maybe we have set up a false choice in the life of the church between relevance and obscurity.  I believe the message of God in Christ revealed in scripture can have just as much impact in contemporary life as it has in earlier generations.  The problem is how we engage that story.  It is like trying to watch VCR tapes. They were once the primary mode of watching movies at home. Although some people still have them, and I’m sure even prefer them to other mediums, most people have moved on to other deliver methods. Even DVDs are dated. Today we can watch movies on Blue Ray, we can…