tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239368619989119878.post6565213296908802725..comments2023-09-17T00:35:39.119-07:00Comments on dying to live: Stop Going to Church!drgregbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16018643621015748573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239368619989119878.post-8788003602331085462013-09-20T08:24:19.096-07:002013-09-20T08:24:19.096-07:00Yes, Patricia. As you know I've written many t...Yes, Patricia. As you know I've written many times about the "entertainment" mentality of so many churches. I was thinking about how a church that draws people by 'excitement' must keep raising the level of excitement or face the loss of people who seek such, and will stop "going to church." of course so much of this need to impress an audience is fear-based. if people stop "going to church" the budget suffers a loss and ultimately, the pastors lose their jobs!<br /><br />This is a wake-up call for the bricks and mortar to be replaced by living stones.drgregbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018643621015748573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239368619989119878.post-34226870948032025392013-09-20T07:50:57.978-07:002013-09-20T07:50:57.978-07:00Just today I was thinking how pastors should put m...Just today I was thinking how pastors should put more emphasis not so much on telling their congregation to attend church regularly -as important as that is- but on living godly lives every day of the week. And even tell the people that if in their hearts they just don't want to submit to the Lord it's better they don't go to church because it's really like mocking God. I think people would take more seriously what it means to attend church. <br />More and more going to church is like going to the movies, attending a conference about any subject or watching an interesting debate program on TV. The sacredness, the reverence and the holy awe is completely missing. We listen to a sermon but we don't purposedly listen to it with full attention and the heartfelt desire to obey it, to put it into practice. Many times it's just one more activity of the week. <br />God must be really grieved when He sees it. Patricianoreply@blogger.com