The Gospel According to Matt

“A friend of mine, a young pastor who recently started a church, talks to me from time to time about the new face of the church in America–about the postmodern church.  He says the new church will be different from the old one, that we will be relevant to culture and the human struggle.  I don’t think any church has ever been relevant to the culture, to the human struggle, unless it believed in Jesus and the power of His gospel.  If the supposed new church believes in trendy music and cool Web pages, then it is not relevant to culture either.  It is another tool of Satan to get people to be passionate about nothing.” (Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2003, p. 111.)