Scripture: 1 Kings 5:1-5, 8:1-13; John 2:19-22
I am sure most of you are aware of the movement across the country that says “I love Jesus, but not the church.”
It's a movement that says they like the Jesus of the Bible and his teachings, but that we Christians are a bunch of hypocritical, homophobic, judgmental people that are always asking for money. That the “church” as an institution is broken and sometimes corrupt.
And they’d be right. The church… as an institution… is all that, and more. It’s full of broken people who make bad decisions, have misunderstandings, are selfish… in short – the church is full of sinful people.
So why do we bother? If we’re so broken, why do we keep insisting on coming together every week?
It's a movement that says they like the Jesus of the Bible and his teachings, but that we Christians are a bunch of hypocritical, homophobic, judgmental people that are always asking for money. That the “church” as an institution is broken and sometimes corrupt.
And they’d be right. The church… as an institution… is all that, and more. It’s full of broken people who make bad decisions, have misunderstandings, are selfish… in short – the church is full of sinful people.
So why do we bother? If we’re so broken, why do we keep insisting on coming together every week?
