If you aren’t receiving the WiredChurches.com weekly newsletter, you may not have heard about Mark Beeson’s unique messages from New Year’s weekend at Granger. Mark shared several examples of irritating things about Christians–five of them in each of the five services. Here’s a sample of the topics that he covered:
- Christians who think everyone else should be just like them.
- Christians who are lousy tippers.
- Christians who don’t move their faith one measly foot.
- Christians who major on the minors.
- Christians who think everything can be explained with a trite phrase or
a simple slogan. - Christians who use "God told me" as a silver bullet.
- Christians who explain God by saying of God what God never said of Himself.
Here’s how it worked. A large colorful wheel (Wheel of Fortune style) was created, with numbered sections from 1-20. Five times during the service, Mark invited volunteers from the audience to come up and spin the wheel. Each number on the wheel corresponded to a numbered topic on the list in the message notes. Wherever the wheel landed, that was the next topic of discussion.
In the five services, Mark was able to cover 15 out of the 20 topics on the list. Want to listen in? Check out The Five Most Irritating Things About Christians messages. Rumor has it we may also have a DVD of the messages coming out in the next few days. I’ll keep you posted.
Reminds me of Gandhi’s famous quote, “I’d be a Christian if I’d never met one…”
What an indictment!
There is a lot I don’t like about myself and other Christians. Some of these are me. If your reading this, some of these things are probably you, too. This reminds of an article I read a while back called “Ten Reasons Your Church Sucks.” While it is true and very in need of being said to me, it just doesn’t really motivate me. Either I get somewhat self condemning or I just agree and think about how much better I am than all those stupid Christians. Is it just me?
What can we be absolutely certain of that God does in this world? I mean, intervene in any event or change somebody.
I’ll add one to the list: Christians (church-goers?) who get all hand-raisy and hallalujah-y while singing worship music but don’t bother reading God’s Word, although they may read all the latest Christian best sellers and wear the t-shirts and cross necklaces.
It’s a love letter. If my wife wrote me a love letter, would I read someone’s commentary on her love letter or read the love letter.