{"id":371,"date":"2006-09-27T13:31:29","date_gmt":"2006-09-27T17:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/?p=371"},"modified":"2006-09-27T13:31:29","modified_gmt":"2006-09-27T17:31:29","slug":"technology-boosts-worship-at-springwell-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2006\/09\/27\/technology-boosts-worship-at-springwell-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology boosts worship at Springwell church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060926\/GGN\/609260318&#038;SearchID=73258148210533\">local paper brags<\/a>\u00a0about <a href=\"http:\/\/springwell.org\/\">this church<\/a>\u00a0around the corner.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Flat-screen televisions, stage lighting and state-of-the-art sound systems greet visitors at Taylors&#8217; Springwell Church, tipping them off that this place of worship isn&#8217;t a traditional one. This media-savvy church stays at the forefront of technology by the guiding hand of Sonny Gray, media and communications director.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hmph.\u00a0That something so <em>artificial<\/em> can &#8220;boost&#8221; worship. Our poor forebears. All they had was a Bible, their untrained voices, and prayer. Tsk-tsk. Well, and the Spirit. But\u00a0where was the\u00a0laser pointer?<\/p>\n<p>A recent\u00a0Springwell sermon foregrounds the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/springwell.org\/downloads\/9-24-06%20Extreme%20Heart%20Makeover.pdf\">classic Keswick mindset<\/a>\u00a0of the abundant life. It&#8217;s so twisted. <strong>This<\/strong> is contemporary Christianity. <strong>This<\/strong> is deviant. Instead of lambasting devil chords and drum sets, we need to see this mindset for what it is: works-based righteousness.<\/p>\n<p>Somebody needs to nail another <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/95_Theses\">95 Theses<\/a>\u00a0to the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local paper brags\u00a0about this church\u00a0around the corner. 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