"Today's Sermon: Christians' "Consumer's" Mentality"

Today’s sermon was one of those that caught my attention for the whole period of time. Today, Pastor Steven was talking about us having a consumer’s mentality when going to a church.

He mentioned that when we go shop, we criticize the goods, like whether Mr. Bean’s soy bean drinks are sweeter than that of Jolly Bean’s. Or that Pepsi is better than coke because it’s gassier. And Adidas’s designs are better than Nike’s.

It’s just like when we go to church, sometimes we might criticize it because the pastor is too boring, or the church doesn’t have good facilities, and because the sermon is too long.

His sermon today reminded me of what I read in “The Purpose Driven Life” 2 years ago. There was this chapter titled “A Place to Belong”, and under the heading “Your Choice”, it says “the difference between a church attender and a church member is commitment. Attenders want the benefits of a church without sharing the responsibility. Why is it important to join a local church family? Because it proves you are committed to your spiritual brothers and sisters in reality, not just in theory. God wants you to love REAL people, not IDEAL people. You can spend a lifetime searching for the perfect church, but you will never find it. You are called to love imperfect sinners, just as God does.”

Today’s sermon was also something about conflict… sooo… if anyone’s angry with me out there… I’M SORRYYYY!! :( I might not have realized what I’ve done wrong… but… I’M REALLY SORRY! Just tell me what I did wrong and I’ll change if I don’t have a good reason to what I did wrong.