Idols

Here is another entry from my journal in 1995.

In his book, No God But God, Os Guiness condemns the modern church because of its idolatry. Like a prophet of old, Guineas will not be well received by many of the established churches.


In what way has the church turned to idols. Well one way is that we worship success and therefore we do our best to be successful. We think that if our program is a little more professional, a little more polished, then more people will come. We must be careful not to offend them when they come so our message is softened. We replace the preaching of the cross with entertainment and the sermon is often replaced with drama. Our music must be professional so we are careful not to allow just anyone to minister in music. The church has become like the world.

On the other side of the coin in the evangelicalism is the concern over signs and wonders. We are afraid that people need more than Jesus, what they need is something spectacular like miracles or other manifestations. When Christ has to share the centre stage with anyone or anything it is idolatry. Christ will not even share the stage with His works.

The church needs to forsake its idols and refocus itself upon Christ. He is the only message. He is all we need.