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Many churches are counting on
the entertainment factor to carry them because they are in fact void of
spiritual depth and power. No matter how well executed or presented, “special
effects”, trite skits or “positive” sermonettes are just so much drivel without
the supernatural hand of God upon them. Perhaps, in the natural, it is simply
easier to attract and then appease the carnality of men instead of making the
uncomfortable stands which God’s word implores us to make. If we lead our
congregations to focus on shallow, eternally vacant and theologically errant
gimmicks like the “Forty Days of Purpose” then praying, fasting, studying and
seeking God for a bona fide supernatural encounter such as the early Church
regularly experienced will seem far less risky - or important. God help
us!
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