Born in the Church Prison - Cries of a Second-Generation Captive
What do you do when you realise that everything done as a second-generation Christian is … useless? "Second-generation Christians are imprisoned, not by the idols of atheism, but the idols of the church. Their prison cells are called Sunday School, Youth Group and Worship Service; their slavemasters are their leaders, youth pastors and elders; and their futile works are in evangelism, follow-up, prayer, devotion and worship. The most cruel part of this imprisonment is for a Christian child to be free, he has to acknowledge that whatever he has done as worth nothing – everything, from leading in worship, in service, in teaching the Word, in leading others – as worthless, or as Paul says ‘count them dung’. It is to recognise, acknowledge and renounce the concept of ‘living up’ to God and to take the truth that Christianity is ‘living WITH God’, day to day." - Matthias Kwan, 2018 Writing an account of my life so far will not be easy, and not easily believed. After count...