Topics:<\/b> Church Attendance; Attitudes; Excuses<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Romans 12:4\u20135, 10; Hebrews 10:25<\/p>\n
I stopped going to ball games for the following reasons\u2014which could apply just as easily to why I could stop going to church:<\/p>\n
1. Whenever I go to a game, they ask for money.<\/p>\n
2. The other fans don\u2019t care about me.<\/p>\n
3. The seats are too hard.<\/p>\n
4. Coach never visits me.<\/p>\n
5. The referee makes calls I disagree with.<\/p>\n
6. Some of the games go into overtime and make me late for dinner.<\/p>\n
7. The band plays songs I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
8. I have other things to do at game time.<\/p>\n
9. My parents took me to too many games when I was growing up.<\/p>\n
10. I know more than the coaches do anyway.<\/p>\n
11. I can be just as good a fan at the lake.<\/p>\n
12. I won\u2019t take my kids to a game either. They must choose for themselves what teams to follow.<\/p>\n
\u2014Mike and Amy Nappa, A Heart Like His<\/i> (Barbour, 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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