As most of you know, I attended Woodlandhills Church (WHC) before moving here. I had attended that church since I was a freshman, for some reason I was just drawn to it. But now that I've moved here I have been going to my Mom's church, which leaves much to be desired. Now that I am used to the WHC worship all the other ones just seem flat, boring, non-celebratory. Granted it took me a couple of years to get used to the style there, but now the white-bread style just seems so boring. I know that each church has a different style and now I am just trying to get used to this one.
The paster is odd too, not really sure if I like him yet. Today he spent most of the sermon preaching about, or rather against, homosexuality and homosexual marriage. It is very odd to be back in a church where you are constantly hearing about political items. Personally I don't think that church is the place for politics; I am firmly in the camp of 'seperation of Church and State'. I don't question people's Christianity because of what their politics are. Greg Boyd just finished a series on Christianity and politics at WHC and maybe that is why I am so sensitive.
Anyway it's really easy for this pastor to pick on homosexuality, or any sexual sin, which is usually apparent. But he said a couple weeks ago that it was ok to smoke and be a Christian, but God-forbid that you struggle with anything deemed 'more sinful' by the Christian community. The pastor didn't mention the sin of gluttony or greed, which are forbidden in the same verse as the sexual sins. I am not saying that rich people are going to hell, I am just saying that all of us have different struggles in life and we can't point at others... something about logs and splinters.
That, along with the pastor's cracks against women, caused me to almost lose it by the end of the service. Anybody know a good church in the Seattle area? I need to find one...
Posted by 10lees at May 23, 2004 11:56 AM