Good,
strong, faithful churches in our day are increasingly being enticed away from
the foundation of Scripture. In an effort to draw a crowd, they are actually
being drawn into the crowd. The result is that they have little to
offer the world with which they have surrounded themselves.
This Little Church Stayed Home points out the deceptions of trying to
“market” the Gospel. It exposes seeker-sensitive and postmodern philosophies
that may temporarily lure the world to church, but in the meantime, lure the church
from truth.
The book emphasizes the power of the Gospel, without worldly marketing
techniques. It reminds us that the Gospel is offensive to the unsaved man
because of his sin. To try to make it less offensive is to do away with the
very aspect he needs to understand—his need for the cleansing blood of Christ.
At the same time, however, it reminds us that God has chosen to use the
foolishness of preaching to save the lost.
The church who “stays home,” rejecting the marketing philosophies of twenty-first
century Christianity, has something far better to offer a needy world. When we
obey our Lord’s command and do His work His way, we have His power to produce
fruit that remains to His glory.
