Yesterday, Megan and Paul went with me to Tractor Supply to buy some birdfeeders for our house. Did you know that they make these things in all sorts of shapes and sizes? I didn’t… and if these cool shaped ones weren’t so expensive we would have got one. (Yep, I’ve got a $10 limit on things like that!)
As Megan and I were filling and placing these in our backyard… I got to thinking about the church birdfeeders we saw at the store.
Isn’t that how people treat the church? I remember over the years I’ve heard people say that the reason you come to church is to get spiritually fed. Is that it? Is that why we have churches? To get food? To come to a place, sit on the stoop… and eat a meal?
I don’t think so. There is so much more to offer than mere spiritual food. A good church should be meeting so many more needs than spiritual nutrician. Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge proponent of the idea that we should be teaching the Bible predominantly and that not doing that is sinful on the part of the leadership. But I also don’t think we should just worry about "stuffing people’s belly’s and sending them on their way." No no no no no no. There is so much more we can offer. And a wise leadership doesn’t see themselves as a birdfeeder…
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