I am a part of a men’s group that meets weekly. We sort of take turns bringing a short message each week. A good friend, Doug Crum, who is a Pastor at 4th & Elm Church of Christ in Sweetwater, TX, brought this last week. It’s funny and worth your time. Enjoy!
Top 10 Reasons People Go to Church
10. Free babysitting!
9. Everybody’s doing it.
8. Old habits are hard to break.
7. There’s nothing good on Sunday morning TV.
6. Four words: all you can eat (between prayer breakfast, Pot luck dinners & ice cream suppers, going to church is like living on a cruise ship).
5. To show off my new outfit.
4. I want to be a good person.
3. To catch up on the latest gossip.
2. I don’t want to go to hell.
1. God has showered his creation with His unconditional love and I want to respond to that gift by praising Him, learning more about Him, and by surrounding myself with people who will encourage one another in our walk with Him.
#1 by Scripture Zealot on December 21, 2010 - 1:14 pm
Excellent. And nice to see you blogging.
Jeff
#2 by Peter on December 21, 2010 - 2:47 pm
Thanks, Jeff. I appreciate you still reading. It’s not for lack of stuff to say that I haven’t been blogging. It’s just been kind of hectic. I hope life slows down after the new year. Merry Christmas, friend.
#3 by @bibledude on December 23, 2010 - 9:21 am
Nice! This is a cool list! I might have to ‘borrow’ it sometime!
Dan
#4 by Carolee a.ka. Blogging Biz Mom on April 5, 2011 - 7:52 am
I was just hopping around the blogosphere and ran into this.
I have recently started having a relationship with the Lord after a major backslide.
His Love is awesome!
Your reasons people go to church are “almost” funny- except there’s nothing funny about it- does that make sense?
Have a blessed day!
#5 by Rich Langton on April 7, 2011 - 1:27 am
Looks like a pretty accurate list, as funny as it seems…. pretty much covers it!!