Dan Southlerland says that in many churches this verse is presented in the 'Modern Church Perversion'. That is, it goes something like this:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is an old creation; new things have passed away; behold, all things have become old.
Southerland says that this version is 'especially liked in those churches who cling to the seven last words of a dying church: "We never did it that way before."
However, he goes on to say that churches who are vision-driven have a 'present-tense version of the verse':
Therefore, is anyone is in Christ, he is a renewed creation; old things keep passing away, and all things keep becoming new.
From Dan Southerland's book, Transitioning, leading your church through change, Zondervan 2000.
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