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www.youtube.com/watch?v=htda bEUZVI&feature=youtu.be&app=desktopThis is a promotional video for this church, but it uses interviews with people who are tired of church. I can see where some are coming from on their views, but at 17:20 the lady says something that truly saddens me in that christians are more concerned with living their lives on this earth than they are living for Christ.

Hi Ernie,I think it’s a sad indictment on the state of the Church today. Far too many are willing to dismiss these people because they aren’t a part of a local church, but what they are saying is 100% true. The fact that one of them mentioned being told they were going to Hell tells me that the person who said that has no idea what it takes to reach people today. Watching that video several times was heartbreaking actually.I especially liked the young man that said “we don’t need to hear that Jesus loves us, we need to know that YOU love us”. While of course they need to hear that Jesus loves them, his point was that the people outside the church need to see Jesus in those who claim to know Him.I’ll say this Ernie, if I were to ever pastor again or plant another church, I would rather have a house full of those people in that video than a whole church full of people who never exhibit the love of Christ outside the four walls of their church “Hell will be filled with people that didn’t cuss, didn’t drink, and may even have been baptized. Why? Because none of those things makes someone a Christian.”

The church has become nothing more than a place to get a butt in the pew and find a way to keep it there. This video, I believe hits many pastors in the face and they don't want to acknowledge the truth. Let's keep the programs and the events going, the concert rocking on Sunday morning, preach against those people and things we don't agree with and carry on with what makes our people happy, while the world is looking for the truth and a Savior.I don't know anything about the church that produce this video, I'm sure it isn't much different than any other church, but watching this video cemented what I already knew, people are leaving the church and telling others that church is a waste of time.What if we determined with a made up mind, that in 2018 we follow after Jesus and Him only? What if we preach Jesus and nothing else? What if we don't get bent out of shape if someone is off key or forgets the words to the song or if worship goes a little longer than we think it should? What if we seek after the Holy Spirit and let Him minister to the people and not our great words of wisdom?I haven't preached since I've been on this Sabbatical, but I have been able to speak to people about Jesus, who are totally against going to church, because of those they work with who claim to be Christians.Jesus tells us in Mark 16:14-17