(Guest Editorial by Brother Ritechus N. Dignation)

Well I just finished a conversation with another church hater. Seems like there's more and more of 'em nowdays. I gave an invite to this fella to come and visit our church on Sunday. When I did, his countenance changed and the fangs appeared. When I mentioned church, you would'a thought I just slapped his Mama. He immediately began fillin' my ear about how all churches are full of hypocrites, (never heard that one before) how all they want is his money and how he was "Done Wrong" by a church back 30 years ago. His story was that he happened to miss a few Sundays, and when he went back, he was treated like a wet dog at a weddin'. When I asked him if he went out and found himself a church that was a little friendlier, he said that he was through with all churches and would never darken the door of another church for the rest of his life.

That fella is gonna find himself in a bind one day, if he stays true to that kind of thinkin'. When he gets done wrong by a grocery store, he can't go to any other grocery stores. When he gets done wrong by a auto mechanic, he won't be able to go find another mechanic. When he gets done wrong and mistreated by some dentist, he'll just have to go ahead and order a set a dentures, cause he won't be able to go to any other dentists. Except this won't be the case. It's funny how his reasoning only applies to church. He is actually a bigger hypocrite than any he could find in a church. He will keep right on using other services, businesses and such, but won't ever give another church a chance. When I told him this, he got mad and started calling me a hypocrite, which reminded me of the skillet calling the kettle black. What finally did it though, was when I reminded him that even though that church may have been at fault, and even though there are preachers and Christians out there who are not always what they should be, to get mad and quit goin' to church is to do God wrong. Remember, you can't love Jesus and hate His bride.

The next time you get done wrong, just shake it off, go on down the road and do right to somebody. That's what Jesus would do.

Brother RND

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