I mentioned last week how I participate in an online discussion weekly. Just today there was a post on some of our reading where the person quoted Lewis and Willard with some great quotes (albeit paraphrased). First, from Lewis:

...we try remain ourselves, and keep all of our self focused goals and yet also try to be the types of people Christ called us to be when in fact that is the very thing Christ warned us we could not do...

How convictingand true, one of my major problems of living in this culture while having my heart in the Kingdom. Now, from Willard:

...most problems in contemporary churches can be traced back to the fact that most of it's members have not yet decided to follow Christ...

What does that say to pastors and lay ministers about their ministry? It bette say something or they are ignoring a huge problem.