Churches would probably draw more people and fight less if steeples were just replaced with golden arches. If religion could be a little less organized and little more…what’s the word…fast foodish, they’d do a brisker business don’t you think?
The arches on top would let people know that like the food chain that used them first this church will get you in and out quickly, with exactly what you’re hungry for, made to order, for a very small price. Comfortable seats. Comfortable conversation – or none at all. It’s up to you, the customer, who, by the way, is always right.
But for now the steeple stays. And it reminds us, that regardless of what customers – I mean, members – think a church wasn’t established to serve Happy Meals every week and pastors who don’t double as short order cooks will never please every patron in their establishment.
A church is a church.
What would happen if the early Church pastor Paul were to encounter a McChurch in the making? He’s bound to make some rules and pronouncements and changes, it’s what Paul does, but what kind? How organized does organized religion really need to be? And why? Why can’t Paul just let folks hang out and eat crap together if they’re happy? Lighten up. Find out tomorrow at ikon as we take a look at the back half of 1 Corinthians 14.
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During my priority time yesterday, i journaled, “How deep would our conviction be if our God were a “drive thru” God. So, opening up you blog for the first time in months was a little…unsettling. But, it made me think, that picture is exactly why the conviction of so many is so shallow. We don’t have a drive-thru God but there are many drive thru churches out there and they’ve taken their toll.
Carolyn
Drive-thru churches and fast-food Christianity, isn’t that what’s wrong today? Isn’t that what we are feeding the masses? I agree that most churches have become rule-based and “we are here to serve us and others like us.” Those churches are dying like never before. But let’s don’t resort to empty calories and a fat-filled gospel to try and entice the people back. Paul also said that those human commands and doctrines were but a shadow (without substance) and the only reality is Christ and Him alone.
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