The Only Way

Whether you're in the mood for a Whopper Jr. with extra ketchup, or a coney dog without the dog, (like my mom), you can truly Have it Your Way.™ But it's not just fast food that ensures our satisfaction. Auto dealerships tell us to name our price. We can choose between white fillings or silver. Credit or Debit? Paper or Plastic? Even our beds can simultaneously have two different levels of firmness. Everywhere we go, the choice is ours for the making;

...Including the Church, it seems.

Shockingly, many pastors are retreating from the standard that names them Shepherd of the Church, and are falling into the trend that prevents them from "offending a brother." There are churches everywhere giving choices that are affecting the eternity of the saints. Congregations such as the United Church of Christ are encouraged to Have it Their Way, regardless of how it stands next to Scripture. Resembling a fast-food drive-thru, people walk under steeples and order their religion. "I'd like a Number 4 with extra grace, hold the "unto good works."

Churches are creating a custom-made generation, in fear they will hurt someone's feelings.

The Bible gives us choices, too.

"Choose you this day whom ye will serve." Joshua 24:15
"I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both
thou and thy seed may live." Deuteronomy 30:19

From the very beginning of time God gave His children a choice! But they chose disobedience.

Like Adam and Eve, we too will reap the consequences of our decisions. We can have it our way on earth. But eternity may not be as generous toward us.