So, let me begin with: Imagine, you go to church for the first time and the pastor announces that his subject for today is to discuss the parallels between Steven Spielberg's film "Saving Private Ryan” and God’s relentless search for the wayward soul?
Farfetched? I think not. It happens almost every Sunday, or at least something similar or just as irrelevant. Some have built ministry empires on a big smile and a good pep talk with a little Christianeze thrown in for effect.
Amazing, isn’t it? Amazing that triviality can pass itself off as the gospel. And, of course, our self-indulgent society laps it up like a hungry dog laps up clabber, as my mother used to say.
The Scripture says in Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." And, if there were ever a day that this is true it is this day.
The world is hungry for God. For truth. People need something more than a pop psychology sermon on how to feel better, or financial advice on how to become a multimillionaire by using 5 simple steps found right there in the good old King James Bible.
And, oh, yeah, I almost forgot: "Hummmmm . . . Don't forget to send in your tithe and offerings to the address right there on your television screen."
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