{"id":84593,"date":"2025-02-15T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=84593"},"modified":"2025-02-15T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:27:16","slug":"were-having-so-much-fun-theres-no-reason-to-be-religious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/were-having-so-much-fun-theres-no-reason-to-be-religious\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re Having So Much Fun … There’s No Reason to Be Religious!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Floyd Chappalear
\nvia Sentry Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 31, 1987\n

\"\"Have you attended a religious service lately? Was it a service dedicated to preaching the gospel and edifying the saints, or did it more closely resemble a rock concert?<\/p>\n

Modern church services often appear to constitute little more than carnal entertainment. Can you imagine what some religious people would have done at the Cross of our Lord? They would have asked for tambourines and upbeat music. If you are tired of such in the “name” of religion, then visit or write us.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Floyd Chappalear via Sentry Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 31, 1987 Have you attended a religious service lately? Was it a service dedicated to preaching the gospel and edifying the saints, or did it more closely resemble a rock concert? Modern church services often appear to constitute little more than carnal entertainment. 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