Fun — the is, the level of entertainment — has become the criterion by which people choose a church. Many are content to sacrifice doctrine for a good time or good music. Many will endure heresy if they think the experience is pleasant or if they believe that have felt “the presence of God” — even if that feeling is generated by mood-altering methods closer to mass hysteria than worship. Indeed, it is altogether likely that some allow themselves to be manipulated because they enjoy “Christianity Lite.”
Gary E. Gilley and M. Kurt Goedelman, “I’d Like to Teach the Church to Sing,” Personal Freedom Outreach’s The Quarterly Journal, July-September 2015 (Vol.35, No.3), p.11
My husband detest churches that employ entertainment. Unfortunately Gilley is right, that is what many churches do, and many people seek, unfortunately.
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That's funny, I think I'm the exact opposite. Put up with some bad worship music for a good sermon : )
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