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"What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?" ~ Matthew 16:26
In 1917 Theordore Rooseve lt expressed well the priority in each our lives to attend church in commun ity. He suggested that in this world a churchless community, a community w here men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, i s a community on the rapid downgrade. He argued that while marriages could be dissolved through divorce, if done so on a wide scale, would mean the complete moral disintegration of our society.
He admonished all to a ttend Sunday church as a family. He acknowledged the argument of many who d o not go, that they can worship anywhere, that it didn't need to be done in a Church. But he went on to say, "I also know as a matter of cold fact the average man does not thus worship or thus dedicate himself."
We should listen closely to our pastor's sermons. You may not always hear a go od sermon, but it will be a sermon by a good man... |
