Calvary Fellowship, Danny O'Neil, and the Future of Christianity... I Cushman's Chronicles 6/8/14 12:25 AM <br />with the Bible, but rather what the majority of my Christian peers were <br />saying about the Bible. I was wrestling with whether or not I agreed <br />with the idea that the Bible needs to be perfect in order for faith to take <br />shape. I was wrestling with whether or not I wanted to fit in. <br />Danny saw this flaw in evangelical Christianity a long time ago, <br />exposed it, and received the undeserved consequences of false rumors, <br />slander, and not being considered a true Christian. What is that flaw? <br />We have neglected to love God with all our minds. We set up these <br />lists of doctrines, theologies, and various belief systems to provide our <br />intellects with a comfort zone so we can get to the more important <br />things of converting people over to our side, signing up for one of our <br />memberships, and training people in our way of thinking so we can <br />keep the wolves out more effectively. <br />So many people are indirectly barred from possibly meeting Jesus <br />because we refuse to intellectually relate with someone else. We refuse <br />to question the Bible, our pastor's authority, and those smart guys who <br />wrote some really cool creedal statements a long time ago. But, <br />whether we like it or not, we live in a postmodern world. <br />It's a world that's growing and developing its own dialect - a dialect <br />we must, at the very least, learn how to speak if we want to spread the <br />gospel message. But, like learning any new language, the most <br />important first step is learning how to listen to how the language is <br />spoken. What's most troubling about this language of the postmodern <br />world is that it requires us to ask the tough questions. Is the Bible <br />telling the truth? Did Jesus even exist? Is God even real? And those are <br />just the surface level questions. <br />My whole point is that modern-day evangelicalism needs to adapt and <br />Danny O'Neil's leadership style has given us an example of what that <br />actually looks like. So much of me wishes he could stay and Calvary <br />Fellowship could keep going, but the reality is God wants each and <br />everyone of us to change. As Ethan Holub shared for a moment after <br />service, the influence we've received from Danny O'Neil can be what <br />we leave others with in different communities. <br />Two weeks remain for Calvary Fellowship as we know it. It really isn't <br />too much time to decide what we want to do or how we want to move <br />forward. But what I hope (for everyone, not just Calvary members) is <br />that we begin to ask questions. Why does the church have to sign on to <br />creedal statements and theologies in order to follow Jesus? Why do we <br />have to approach non-Christians with some sort of conversion agenda? <br />http://cushmanschronicles.com/2011/12/04/calvary-fellowship-danny-oneil-and-the-future-of-christianity/ Page 3 of 6 <br />