Chpt 18: The POwer of Control

What a powerful comparison of the military training ceremony vs church. Really in many ways it would seem church does not reflect and aspect of life as we know it and is a far different experience that truely only makes sense inside the church building. Preaching is one of these means of control within the setup environment. The environment we create inside church gatherings at the moment does impact attendants for some period of time, but once we leave and get with the day we forget about the expereince... what if... church was more like the world and we gave solid examples in conversation (not public speaking) how to live a life of faith out in the world... that would be novel.