What happened to the church? I mean that, what happened to the church I used to know? When did we scrap the Hymnals, convicting sermons, and closeness that used to define churches? It's like overnight the church has become a commercialized event, that is more entertainment than house of God. Remember the last time this happened? Jesus was furious and destroyed everything in the Temple. Now, I'm not saying that anyone is selling animals in churches or anything, but we are doing the modern day equivalent. Book stores, coffee shops, and million dollar youth rec. centers now run rampant in churches all across America. Most churches wouldn't be caught dead without coffee and doughnuts for their parishioners, but they would never think to give that money to the people that need it most. I'm pretty sure than when the Bible talks about giving back to God, it's not so those giving the money will benefit more; but, we do it anyway. Why you might ask? It makes us feel good that's why! That's right, people get a warm fuzzy feeling when they drop their weekly check in the offering plate as it goes by. We feel as though we have done good by "giving back to God". We trick ourselves into believing that the money we give is going to God's work...cause I remember God telling us to give in order that believers may benefit...don't you? People have somehow missed the commandments to help the poor and who cant help themselves. I have been hearing sermons almost every Sunday since I was born, and I have yet to hear a sermon on giving to the poor. I have heard multiple sermons about giving our "10%" and giving to the church, but nothing about giving to those outside the church. Did we somehow miss that God's whole life was spent healing the poor, feeding the hungry, and befriending prostitutes and tax collectors? I feel as though we have, because those are the same people the church loves to ignore.
Well, I have a test to study for so I need to go. This is not the end of my thoughts on this subject, so I will be writing more later. Until that time, please think about this and what you can do to end this epidemic in our churches. Thanks, much love.
1 comment:
I think the church needs to start talking about helping the poor more, but taking away the donuts and the coffee is not the way to do this, in fact I think taking away such a great tool of dialog (if placed correctly)will hurt what you want to see happen.
The Church needs to be bold. She needs to stand up and preach from the text not from the wallet... But keep the donuts.
PS: I love how Dunkin' Donuts spelling of doughnuts is not underlined in Word.
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