In a previous post, I presented a theoretical plan for solving the world’s water crisis. I proposed a way for churches to come up with that money by “taxing” themselves 1/3 of what their property taxes would be if they were paying property taxes. We could get the needed $10 Billion in one year.
Now, Todd Rhoades, over at Monday Morning Insight has got me thinking about another way churches can do this. He writes that according to a recent study, churches in America spent $8.1 Billion on sound and video equipment last year.
So we can either give a cup of cold water in Jesus’ name to every thirsty person on planet earth, or we can have state-of-the-art sound and video projection equipment in our chuches. It’s an easy choice. After all, to really be in touch with Jesus, we’ve got to “feel” the music and have our eyes massaged by the swirling lights on the screen.
When we listen to our music in Sunday morning services, we should be hearing the sound of clean water getting poured out on the altar of our music idol.
Of course, I’m in the same sinking ship, but on a smaller scale. I bought an mp3 player (a cheapo $30 job) last month, and purchased a few songs off iTunes. Jesus might be asking what I did with the $40 He gave me, but if He is, I can’t hear Him, becuase somehow, I got water in my ears.
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Well, Jeremy, don’t feel bad about your MP3 player. I bought one to listen to messages from GES conferences, John Niemela and Charles Clough, all in MP3 format. What a blessing. I just discovered your blog. Thank you for ministering to us in this way. I have been reading a lot about the current discussion on the gospel and certainly support your view which you articulate well. We need these articles to help us sort things out in our own minds.
Jo Ann
Jo Ann,
Thanks for the comment! It certainly is a lively debate that is going on. I hope you appreciate the MP3s. It’s the only way I listen to audio any more, though I have become a bit of an addict. I checked my iTunes podcast downloads the other day, and I have nearly 2000 sermons to listen to. Yikes. I’ll never get to listen to them all!
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