Emphasis Preaching Journal
All things new and improved
Commentary
We don't much care for new things being forced on us, but we do like to have new things offered to us.
When something new is forced upon us, we have a kind of gag reflex that rejects the new and unfamiliar thing as an unwelcome change. We like to be able to chew on something before we have to swallow it. (We recognize and indulge this in ourselves, even though we often resent it in our congregations.)
When something new is forced upon us, we have a kind of gag reflex that rejects the new and unfamiliar thing as an unwelcome change. We like to be able to chew on something before we have to swallow it. (We recognize and indulge this in ourselves, even though we often resent it in our congregations.)
