WITH EVERY PASSING DAY I AM BECOMING INCREASINGLY TURNED OFF WITH CHURCH PEOPLE. IM GETTING TIRED OF THEM. CHURCH PEOPLE MAKE ME WANT TO RUN FROM CHURCH. THEY TURN ME OFF. I CAN CERTAINLY SEE WHY MILLIONS ARE LEAVING THE CHURCH.WHEN I SAY CHURCH PEOPLE, I AM NOT REFERRING TO MOST
BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS, BUT THE ONES THAT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BE THE CHURCH POLICE. THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT GOD HAS CALLED AND ORDAINED THEM TO CORRECT OTHERS AND TO SPEAK INTO THEIR LIVES. YOU KNOW, THE BROTHER OR SISTER THAT "HAS A WORD FOR YOU"
THIS IS A BIG TURN OFF FOR BOTH REGULAR CHRISTIANS AND THE UNSAVED. THE MORE I AM AROUND CHURCH POLICE, THE MORE THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE SO TURNED OFF TO CHURCH. WHO WANTS TO HANG OUT WITH A BUNCH OF SELF RIGHTEOUS FINGER POINTERS? WHO WANTS TO BE CRITICIZED AND REBUKED EVERY OTHER DAY?
I GET REPRIMANDED DAILY BY PEOPLE THAT ARE "WORRIED" ABOUT ME. PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE IT IS THEIR PLACE TO REBUKE AND CORRECT ME. FOR WHAT? BEING A HUMAN BEING? TELLING JOKES? ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD AND LIFE? ASKING HARD QUESTIONS THAT EVERYONE HAS BUT IS AFRAID TO ASK?
WHO AM I? AM I A PREACHER? NO! AM I A CHURCH LEADER? NO! AM I A SEMINARY STUDENT? NO! AM I PUBLIC FIGURE? NO! I AM JUST A REGULAR GUY GETTING MY ASS KICKED IN LIFE EVERYDAY TRYING TO MAKE IT WITH A FEW LAUGHS. I BELIEVE IN JOKING ALL THE WAY TO THE GALLOWS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT FEEL THE NEED TO TELL ME HOW TO RUN MY LIFE, HOW TO ACT, WHAT TO SAY, WHAT NOT TO SAY, WHAT KIND OF PICTURES TO POST ON MY BLOG, WHERE I CAN HANG OUT WITH MY FRIENDS, WHAT I CAN EAT AND WHAT I CAN DRINK. PLENTY OF PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT I AM OUT OF GOD'S WILL AND A BAD INFLUENCE TO OTHERS, THAT I AM A FREAKING LEADER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I CAN GUARANTEE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE AREAS OF THEIR LIVES THAT THEY NEED THE GRACE OF GOD IN. LUST, FEAR, GREED, PRIDE, SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, HYPOCRISY. WHAT IF I WAS CONSTANTLY JUMPING ON THEM? JESUS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PULLING THE BOARD OUT OF YOUR OWN EYE BEFORE PICKING AT THE SPECK IN YOUR BROTHERS EYE. A LOT OF CHURCH PEOPLE NEED TO DO THIS.
INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT ME, WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF. IM SURE I CAN FIND PLENTY OF DIRT IF I LOOK A FEW MINUTES. GEEZ, NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I CAN CLEARLY SEE WHY SO MANY PEOPLE STAY AWAY FROM CHRISTIANITY IN DROVES. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JESUS, IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE STINKING SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SELF APPOINTED CHURCH POLICE.





