“It’s like” vs. “It is.”

“It’s like” acts like a runway to launch into another imaginative world. 

“It is” serves as the landing pad.

These approaches are not in opposition to one another. Many in the church help land the plane, while others facilitate takeoff. True harmony is preserved when everyone acknowledges that Jesus is the pilot.

Too often, the typical artist in the American Evangelical church feels as though teachers and preachers dominate the cockpit, relying almost exclusively on declarative, Scripturally inspired declarations.

I am not calling for an end to “it-is-ism.”

Rather, I am reminding us that God gave us airplanes to fly, not merely to stay grounded on the tarmac.