Hi Neighbor!

[Carbon]

Members, I'd like to try something a little different here. So, if you're interested, consider this a real post that has been pinned up around your town, inviting everyone to a new church. Read it and reply with what you think, what you might do if this were real. So, what's your take?

First, let me give the credit where it is due. This is taken from a book by Michael Horton, "Christless Christianity".



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At last! A new church for those who have given up on church services! Let's face it. Many people aren't active in church these days.

Why?
Too often

• the sermons are boring and dont relate to daily living
• many churches seem more interested in your wallet than you
• members are unfriendly to visitors
• you wonder about the quality of the nursery care for your little ones

Do you think attending church should be enjoyable?
WELL, WE'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU!

Valley church is a new church designed to meet your needs in the 2020s. At Valley church, you

• meet new friends and get to know your neighbours
• enjoy exciting music with a contemporary flavor
• hear positive, practical messages which uplift you each week

* How to feel good about yourself
* How to overcome depression
* How to live a full and successful life
* Learning to handle your money without it handling you
* The secrets of successful family living
* How to overcome stress
- trust your children to the care of dedicated nursery workers

WHY NOT GET A LIFT
INSTEAD OF A LETDOWN THIS SUNDAY?

 

[makesends]

OOOH! EXCITING!!!

For me, that is boring. The best thing is preaching that is more like teaching, about God —his nature, his character, his power, his purity, his supremacy, his sovereignty and so on. EVERYTHING else hangs on good theology-proper, in order to properly digested.

Just as a ferinstance: Self-esteem is taught at such places by such notions as, "we are all children of God", "God loves us, each and every one", and we are urged to have patience and "let God work", and so on. Baugh! Self-esteem comes from knowing God, and recognizing his untamed use of his creation and his creatures to be completely his for HIS purposes. THAT's where happiness begins. Life is not about us and our well-being.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Read it and reply with what you think, what you might do if this were real. So, what's your take?

I would laugh and walk away. I wouldn't be able to help laughing.

Not my sign so I can't remove it, so, really just walk away laughing.

It's not Christian. It's a joke.

But it might also spur the desire to share the Gospel more too.

Might make my own sign too, pointing out the errors of sign new church.