Worship as Evangelism
maybe this whole 1 Corinthians 14 thing really does work, after all. maybe if our worship is sincere and deep, in spirit and in truth, and if we lift up Christ, then He will draw people to Himself. here is a note from a friend who brought a foreign exchange student to Friday's concert:

"Nicole has a Jewish dad and a Catholic mom. She goes to a Hebrew school and considers herself Jewish,although does not really practice it. When we were sitting in the concert, I felt that it was a good timefor God to speak to her heart. Although we've taken them to church, it's been teaching, not worship(Sunday School). So this is the first worship service we've taken her to.

"Today at lunch, she brought up the subject of Jesus, and talking about the concert. She said she was singing the songs even though she didn't believe them. She said she was asking God what He wanted her to believe. I told her that was exactly the right thing to do. He will tell her. It also gave me opportunity to tell her that the prophesies in the Old Testament, are fulfilled by Jesus.

"Anyway, I thought you might like to know what part you played in planting and watering the seed in her life.As with our Mongolian student, we may not see the fruit right away, but I'm confident that the seed,with good water and fertilizer, will grow."

i think we can focus so much on being culturally relevant that we spend more time quoting movies and other pop culture references, trying to be on the bleeding edge of relevance, that we miss out on the pure beauty of the Gospel of Jesus.