What happens when you join a church is that the congregation tries to make you like them.
And as we live in an affluent society this means that an attitude of apathy, complacency, and hypocrisy will result.
Ministers come out of colleges with idealism, enthusiasm, and zeal for God.
But they soon find that their congregations are obdurate and evasive.
They may put up a facade of amiable friendliness.
They may even think of themselves as good.
They say the words.
They sing the hymns.
But in reality they do not practise what the minister preaches.
They reinforce their comfortable lifestyles.
And they rationalize their shortcomings.
They criticize the poor.
And they blame the victims.
They ignore the Gospel.
And they live like kings.
They are worldly and materialistic.
And they dominate the Church.
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