Wrongful Assumptions

Today I attended Sweetwater area church service instead of traveling downtown Knoxville to attend my home church of Faith Promise. It got me to thinking so much that I still don't know the direction of this current post.

I would argue I have nothing against the church but I would be lying. I feel that so many of our churches are stuck in their old fashion ways that they are one of the main reasons we are losing our young people today. I looked around and can tell you that only one of the 6 ushers who took up the offering (and had to sit on the front row) kept their mind on the message. I know this because my mind was wondering around. Many of them were falling asleep or starring off in the distance. Many others in the church were doing the same. I bet many of them would condemn my church and yet they attend church and get nothing out of it. It got me to thinking how at my church I never see anyone falling asleep or even losing focus. Now in defense I rarely look around because I am so into the service as well. I love my church.

So many churches refuse to change and accomodate the current culture into their worship of an up-to-date, modern savior. They never even give adapting to the current environment a thought. They believe that good christians must where suits and preach messages that have three points that explain a specific verse of the Bible while singing music from the late 19th and early 20th century.

This along with a recent reading of my brother's blog got me to thinking about how Americans do the same with our government. The government wants to outlaw discrimination when private companies should have the right to do so if they choose. They are even sticking their noses in on MLB and now the BCS of college football. I believe I read where it was now up to 70 percent. You say what Jess? 70 percent of what our federal government does is not found anywhere in the Constitution. If 75% of our congress wants the federal government to participate in this action then ammend the Constitution first.

American citizens have allowed the government to get so large for so long that they don't even think about changing its ways. We never stop and think about whether this is the best course of action or whether government should even be involved to begin with. Maybe Christian and Americans alike should take a step back and begin evaluating the church and government's mission before choosing a path and not giving it a second thought.