Entertainment in the Church Archives

Rap That Showtime Religion

February 16, 2010February 16, 2010 by GirdedwithTruth

Can the church fight apathy and materialism by feeding people’s appetite for entertainment? Evidently many in the church believe the answer is yes, as church after church jumps on the show-business bandwagon. It is a troubling trend that is luring many otherwise orthodox churches away from biblical priorities. Church buildings are being constructed like theaters. …

Worldliness – C. H. Spurgeon

December 5, 2016September 18, 2009 by GirdedwithTruth

Worldliness: It is clear to every one who is willing to see it that laxity of doctrine is either the parent of worldliness, or is in some other way very near akin to it. The men who give up the old faith are the same persons who plead for latitude as to general conduct. The …

The Apathy of The Modern Church (2)

April 13, 2017September 10, 2009 by GirdedwithTruth

“Everywhere there is apathy.Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false.

A Sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter it is, the better.”

Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)

Spurgeon Quote: Amusing Men

April 13, 2017September 3, 2009 by GirdedwithTruth

“I fear there are some who preach with the view of amusing men.” — Spurgeon

Feeding Sheep Or Amusing Goats

March 30, 2017June 3, 2009 by GirdedwithTruth

Feeding Sheep Amusing Goats C H Spurgeon

Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats: Providing amusement is in direct antagonism to the teaching and life of Christ and all his apostles. An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence, that the most shortsighted can hardly fail to notice it during the past few years. It has developed …

The Challenge of Pragmatism

January 30, 2010May 21, 2009 by GirdedwithTruth

A Blast from the Past Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, and others from the Emergent camp write and speak winsomely about what they are offering, but history, not to mention Scripture, suggests great caution must be exercised at this point. Church historian Iain Murray reminds us that 19th century “liberal theology very rarely presented itself as …