DRY DUST

By Rick Mathes

Mark 4:4 and it came about that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

My heart aches for those who come to church for all the wrong reasons. They sometimes are coerced by Christians that love them. Curiosity or possibly clean entertainment or excitement draws them to us. There is a love of lonely people who really want to do well and they aimlessly go from church to church seeking what I call “Holy Ghost bumps.” They follow the fun people at the expense of seeking the true gospel according to Jesus.

In these seeker friendly churches, the sermon is a minor part of the activities and “whatever you want” is highlighted. Consequently all the “turn-ons” of clubbing are sanitized and exploded in concert to blow your mind and indeed it does. You wind up attending a counterfeit church that I call “Kentucky Fried Christianity.” A fast-food outlet with just enough salt to have you thirst; for more and come back next week. They have convinced themselves that if they can get you into the building your heart and checkbook will follow.

Well if you are like most serious thinking inquirers you look around in disgust at what you see, hear and experience.

I personally saw the Jim Baker helpers rent wheel-chairs and then have old people in the waiting line sit in them with the promise that they would be on television and all they had to do was get up on queue and walk at his healing service.

Anyone with half-a-brain can see the scandalous shameful scam they are trying to pull over on you. You can’t help but turn away disgusted with Christianity especially when their shows and falseness is exposed.

And if that isn’t enough for you to give up on Christianity, the famous TV evangelists are caught hiring prostitutes, embezzling or as the Roman Catholic priests are fond of exposed active homosexuality. How many will be sent to hell because of Satan with a mask on!