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    Is this a Church or a Nightclub

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    Is this a church or a nightclub? | Christian News on Christian Today


    As I entered the dark room with flashing bright colourful lights that were cutting through the darkness like lightning bolts, I instantly questioned whether I had entered the doors of a church or had stepped into a nightclub.


    The loud music and the immediate comment by a friend that 'it's like we're at a party' only helped to emphasise my thoughts. Clearly I wasn't used to such visual drama at a church service or maybe it was just my age beginning to show.

    Has the church lost the plot?

    Arising confusion on whether one is in a church, nightclub or party may signal the need to reflect on whether the church has lost the plot. I recently watched an interview with a mega church member who was attracted to the church because there was music and they thought it was like a party. They weren't really going there to get a connection with God but to just have fun. What gave them hope was this 'sensation of happiness'.

    Sometimes I get the impression that the church is trying so hard to make the gospel attractive to this generation, that they have turned it into a marketing scheme that people can buy into. So much time is spent trying to appeal to the masses that the church ends up forgetting who they really are and what the church is really about. What started as a desire to glorify God and make Him known now appears to have been placed on the back burner.

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    The Gospel is only attractive to those who believe. And then only the true Gospel. Trying to make it attractive can only attract the fake while turning away the real.

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    I call it worshiptainment. It is completely useless, even to the entertainers on stage because literally nobody is listening to God while it continues. As a lifelong worshipper, I have decided that my best worship is no longer something I do on stage.
    Wouldn't it be nice if the worship leaders were part of the congregation. Those wireless microphones work anywhere in the room, don't they? With the wireless ear buds, they don't need to be near the monitors on the stage. But then I suppose it would be odd to the folks who were not participating.

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    Do they drink alcohol, do drugs, find sex partners for the night ? If not then it boils down to "what is the culture like". Let's not get too religious and "what I'm used to is the only thing that is godly"

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    The style in the op seems to draw crowds here. Personally, I think I'm getting too old for such stuff.

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    Does it serve pizza during the sermon...if it does with pineapple then flee

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    Does it serve pizza during the sermon...if it does with pineapple then flee
    If it's free then just remove the pineapple and dig in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    Does it serve pizza during the sermon...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    If it's free then just remove the pineapple and dig in.

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    I've been to both type of churches. Some pastors are down with all the modern trappings, others think it's ICHABOD and rail against it. I've heard some very strong preaching against it.

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