I don’t normally read Mike Adams’ columns, as I usually find them all the same and not as clever as he thinks they are. However, this was a good one. He is correct that churches are trying too hard to be mainstream. Why go to church if it’s no different than the secular world?
>>Why go to church if it’s no different than the secular world?
If you’re a Christian, I believe you should do the soul-searching you need to figure out where you belong. Currently, I belong to a VERY liberal congregation. I feel called to be there. Because I’m liberal? Absolutely not. I frequently consider moving to a church that is more in line with my beliefs. But I think I have been called to help the people at my church. For a long time, it was just general support of those in need, but now I feel my calling is to educate them.
Liberals who know me are always surprised to find out I am a conservative. (”But you’re so NICE!”) They think of all conservatives as “haters.” I have been involved in more than one discussion that turned to the “evils of the tea party.” When I ask how many tea partiers they know, the answer is always none. Then I tell them they know at least one: me. They are shocked. Because they base their attitudes on the echo chamber of liberalism and media that they are immersed in, not in facts, experience, or data.
We have a brand new ultra liberal minister who has been giving lots of sermons about racism recently. Always about how put upon blacks are and slavery, slavery, slavery. I am not afraid to speak up and educate him. But I will do so in a polite, Christian, conservative manner. I pray for strength to do so without losing my temper.
This Sunday should prove interesting.
The majority of most church’s ministries seem to be centered around giving the children fun things to do (and often the adults.) Vacation Bible School is a big one, where bounce houses litter the landscape, imparting exactly what biblical principle I know not.
And why not? You’re missing a lot by not reading him.