WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Do You Really Need to go to Church?
Ask any congressional staffer at random on Capitol Hill if they went to church the previous Sunday and odds are good you will get a quizzical smile, a look of puzzlement or even a frowning exclamation of “No way, man, why would I even want to do that when there’s so many more important things to be done?”
Data shows regular church-goers experience more positive daily lives on the basis of multiple factors. (Screenshot from YouTube).
It wasn’t that long ago that going to church regularly on Sunday (and often on Wednesday evening for a prayer service as well) was an American cultural institution. Being there didn’t mean every person present knew the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior, or had ever repented of their sin and sought forgiveness. But the fact they were in church meant there was a greater chance they would someday sooner or later hear the Gospel and be saved.
There are many mostly young men and women working as congressional aides these days who have rarely, maybe even never, stepped foot inside a sanctuary at any point during their lives. The reasons span a wide range, from growing up in a wholly secular family, to having imbibed one or more of the many myths about church being boring, full of hypocrites and/or based on a bunch of fables and myths otherwise known as “Christianity.”
The following video is the latest in the Colson Center’s excellent ‘What Would You Say?” series and it includes a bunch of information that should go a long way toward helping understand why going to church next Sunday just might be the best idea you’ll have all week!
PREVIOUSLY ON HILLFAITH
THINK ABOUT THIS: Six Things Jesus Claimed About Himself
WHAT ABOUT: That Psalm That Critics Claim Glorifies ‘Dashing Babies’ Against Rocks?
CONSIDER THIS: Thoughts on Real Friendship, Jesus and ‘Making It’ on the Hill