Mark Batterson talked about the Moscow Rules at the 2007 Buzz Conference hosted by his church in Washington, D.C.
Here’s some great quotes from the message:
What Batterson says is the core value of his church:
“Irrelevance is Irreverence. God is not just omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent. He’s omni-relevant. He knows 6 billion dialects. He speaks our language. Where we’re failing is in incarnation. We need to incarnate the truth in ways that make sense to our culture.â€
“When we quote the Bible we gain credibility with Christians. When we quote non-biblical sources we gain credibility with non-Christians.”
“All truth is God’s truth.”
“Every ‘ology’ is a branch of theology. Because God made it all.”
“You can preach for two reasons because you have to or because you have to. You can preach because you have to because you’re on the schedule this week and you’re up to bat. You’re in the batters box. Or you can preach because you have to because there is a message that’s burning into you and you are like Paul compelled to preach. His fire showed up in your bones and you need to say something.”
“I want to study less and live more so my sermons are less theoretical and more experientially. I don’t think what NCC needs is a sermon well preached. They need a life well lived. I need to make sure I’m not just talking about things I’m living things. It’s our example that we set. I think the best thing I can do is try to be a great dad. Try to be a good husband. Try to live my life in a way that honors God and then more people will get it because we all know that Christianity is more caught than taught.”
Listen online: http://buzzconference.com/media
