The National Park World Versus the Jungle

I received an interesting blog from one of my mentors about the church world. Bill Easum believes some view the church as a National Park, while others view it as a Jungle. What are your thoughts ~

Consider The following comparisons:

National Park World

• Are neatly laid out

• Predictable and slow to change

• Warn you about dangers animals

• Provide adequate shelter

• National parks change very slowly

• You are entitled to the experience because your taxes paid for it

• National Parks can be traveled alone

• You don’t need a compass or GPS

• When you look up you can see the horizon

• No problem seeing the horizon

• You don’t need a compass

• There are no bottom lines

• People aren’t totally broken

• Christianity is King and Queen

The Jungle

• Nothing is neatly laid out

• Nothing is predictable and changes are fast

• Predators are everywhere

• You are on your own for shelter

• Changes from day to day

• You’re not entitled to be there because it belongs to the animals

• No one goes into the Jungle alone

• You have to have a compass or GPS

• When you look up you cant see the sky much less the horizon

• Most people are basically broken

• Values no longer are ultimate or universal

• There is no bottom line

• Christianity is nobody to the culture