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Subject: We should quit competing with the Top 40 |
Bible Note: tolvok, your points are not without merit. In some sectors, worship services are called gatherings or some such thing. I've seen some that look like an odd mixture of a hootenanny and a carnival where God is portrayed as a celestial Santa Claus who will give us all the toys we want. All we have to do is name them and claim them. When gospel preaching goes out, it leaves a void to be filled, and fill it they have with a variety show that panders to human greed, tickles the ears, and provides an assorted menu of other garish enchantments. I'm not speaking of all communions or all local churches, of course. Many churches do not subscribe to the foolish behavior I've outlined here. But a growing number do, a number large enough to cause concern within the Christian community. --Hank |