You know, the Church started out with a Bible, then it got a hymnbook, and for years that was it\u2014a Bible and a hymnbook. The average church now certainly wouldn\u2019t be able to operate on just a hymnbook and the Bible. Now we have to have all kinds of truck. A lot of people couldn\u2019t serve God at all without at least a vanload of equipment to keep them happy.<\/p>\n
Some of these attractions that we have to win people and keep them coming may be fine or they may be cheap. They may be elevated or they may be degrading. They may be artistic or they may be coarse\u2014it all depends upon who is running the show! But the Holy Spirit is not the center of attraction, and the Lord is not the one who is in charge. We bring in all sorts of antiscriptural and unscriptural claptrap to keep the people happy and keep them coming.<\/p>\n
As I see it, the great woe is not the presence of these religious toys and trifles\u2014but the fact that they have become a necessity, and the presence of the Eternal Spirit is not in our midst!<\/p>\n
The Counselor,<\/i> 39.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You know, the Church started out with a Bible, then it got a hymnbook, and for years that was it\u2014a Bible and a hymnbook. The average church now certainly wouldn\u2019t be able to operate on just a hymnbook and the Bible. Now we have to have all kinds of truck. A lot of people couldn\u2019t … Continue reading “CHURCH:
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