"They Will Turn Their Ears Away From The Truth, And Turn Aside To Myths!"

Religious entertainment!
(A.W. Tozer)

"For the time will come when men 
will not put up with sound doctrine. 
Instead, to suit their own desires, 
they will gather around them a great 
number of teachers to say what their 
itching ears want to hear. They will turn 
their ears away from the truth, and turn 
aside to myths!" 2 Timothy 4:3-4

The great god 'Entertainment' amuses his 
devotees mainly by telling them stories. 
The love of stories, which is characteristic 
of childhood, has taken fast hold of the minds 
of the retarded saints of our day, so much so 
that many manage to make a comfortable 
living by spinning yarns and serving them 
up in various disguises to church people. 

What is natural and beautiful in a child, 
may be shocking when it persists into 
adulthood, and more so when it appears 
in the sanctuary and seeks to pass 
for true religion!

So today we have the astonishing 
spectacle of millions of dollars being 
poured into the unholy job of providing 
earthly entertainment for the so-called 
people of GOD. Religious entertainment 
is in many places rapidly crowding out 
the serious things of GOD. 

Many churches these days have become 
little more than poor theaters, where 
fifth-rate "producers" peddle their shoddy 
wares with the approval of evangelical 
leaders who can even quote a holy text in 
defense of their delinquency. And hardly 
a man dares raise his voice against it!


"Once you have lost the division 
between the world and the Church--
the Church ceases to be truly Christian!" 
(Martyn Lloyd-Jones)


"Pleasure, so called, is the murderer 
of serious thought. This is the age 
of excessive amusement. Everybody 
craves for it, like a babe for its rattle!" 
(Charles Spurgeon)

  
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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's uplifting short article,
"Finding GOD'S Comfort".