Written by N. T. Wright, a contemporary theologian, author, and Anglican bishop and Michael Bird, a contemporary theologian and Anglican priest. This is an excerpt frm their book “Jesus and the Powers.”
Perhaps the single greatest threat is not the rise of secularism or the emptying of churches, but the apathy and indifference of the churches that are still here. People too self-absorbed and too affluent to care for anything outside their own social media bubble, beyond their own circle of friends, and beyond the view of their front lawns. Too many so-called disciples committed to Jesus to the point of convenience, not to the point where their discipleship cost them anything. Yet Jesus bids us all to come and follow him, to leave the worldly trinkets behind and do hard things, crazy things, and impossible things for no other reason than that he is our king, walking alongside us, suffusing our earthly endeavors with the energy of the spirit.
I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. [Revelation 3:15-16]
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