The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb: Searching for Jesus’ Path of Power in a Church that Has Abandoned It

by Jamin Goggin

Dallas paused to consider Jamin’s question. “The underlying assumption of this way of doing our church services is that you are putting on a performance, and if you are going to put on a performance, then you want people who are stellar. This is in terms that are understood by the consumers of the performance, and a humble man or woman who has simply been faithful in serving the Lord is not stellar. It is a great temptation to put on a performance. By the way, this is one of the things that crushes pastors, the idea that every Sunday they have to put on a performance. God’s provision for us and for his work through us is adequate. We do not have to make it happen. We must stop shouldering the burdens of outcomes. These are safely in his hands.”