#276 - Jesus and wineskins

Returning after brain surgery to fix his facial spasm, Lynn Green digs into Jesus's wineskin metaphor from Matthew 9 and asks what "new wineskin" the current revival actually needs. Looking back at the Jesus Movement of the 1970s — and forward to the explosive underground growth of the church in China and Iran — he makes the case that congregational Sunday services alone won't sustain this generation, and that small groups and deep fellowship are the real container this move of God requires.

Chapters:

• 00:00 – Intro: back after brain surgery
• 03:21 – Matthew 9: the wineskins passage
• 05:31 – Jesus's answer to John's disciples on fasting
• 06:44 – Explaining the wineskin metaphor for a modern audience
• 08:12 – The principle: every move of God needs the right container
• 09:16 – Looking back to the 1970s Jesus Movement
• 10:03 – The "stay or leave your church" debate
• 12:01 – Which churches thrived 50 years later
• 15:55 – Today's quiet revival: what the polls are showing
• 17:17 – Why young men are drawn to liturgical, historic churches
• 18:26 – Is liturgy the new wineskin? Lynn says not quite
• 19:33 – Digital-native young people and their hunger for real connection
• 22:01 – The explosive growth of the underground church in China
• 23:36 – The same pattern happening now in Iran
• 24:44 – Why persecution-era growth outpaces congregational growth
• 26:26 – What we should be looking for: small groups as the new wineskin
• 27:33 – The Send's neighborhood groups as an early example
• 30:14 – Jean Darnell's "pinpricks of light" vision
• 31:37 – Closing: praying for the pinpricks to become a movement
  
  

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