If you have humility without orthodoxy it’s hypocrisy-a form of pride wearing a gentle mask. At the same time, orthodoxy without humility is contradictory-with one hand it offers true words and with the other hand it takes away that truth with a worldly tone.
God calls us toward a better way: boldness that is broken; truth-telling that trembles; contending that communes.
If you’re going to exert copious amounts of energy and resources to bedazzle and impress with lights and loud music and elaborate sets and flashing video and fog machines and glossy promos and Guy Smiley spokespeople and performed sermons, if you’re going to usher people into a showy atmosphere of spiritual entertainment, how dare you then tell them to put down their guard, “open up,” share their hearts. If you’re going to create a culture of impressive facades, how dare you request their “authenticity.”