I don’t know about all of you, but I am sick and tired of all this namby-pamby, touchy- feely Christianity that is out there. It seems like everywhere I turn nowadays all anyone wants to talk about is feelings and attitudes. There is not much talk about theology, the Bible, or absolute truth. There is not much discussion about standing up for what you believe in and actually saying that other people might be wrong. It is considered intolerant and even at times bigoted or evil to express your faith in a real and concrete manner. It frustrates me to no end when I hear people, who call themselves Christians, say things like “Aren’t we all going to the same place anyway?” Or, “My God is no better or worse than their God.” Or, “it doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you are sincere about it.”

Come on people! Was Jesus ever like this? Did Jesus ever say, “It is all right if you believe in Mohammed instead of me, or that you don’t believe that I am God, or that you don’t believe that I rose from the dead, as long as you are sincere in what you believe, it’s all okay”? NO! He said, “I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me.” He also said that “He that believes and is baptized shall be saved.”

How did we get to the point where a Christian can’t stand up for his true beliefs without being criticized or slandered? Well, sorry to say, most of the problem lies with Christians themselves. We have become too concerned with what people think of us. We don’t want to offend anyone so we water down our Christianity so that it sounds and looks the same as every other religion. When attacked, we back down instead of fighting.

When I watch most of the T.V. preachers out there, at least the ones I am familiar with, I could be watching a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian, or an Atheist, and I wouldn’t know the difference. Everyone sounds the same because they are all about helping yourself, or about making yourself feel good, or about the most popular thing for the day.

Very seldom do you hear a T.V. preacher, with the exception of the likes of Billy Graham, talk about the saving work of Jesus Christ. It is all about how you feel and how to feel better, when it should be about how you are a sinner and how God saved you from your sin by sending his Son, Jesus Christ, to die on a cross for you.

People are dying without knowing what Jesus has done for them and all we can talk about is how to make our own lives better with more money, a better career, or a more successful life, come on! It is time to get our heads out of the sand and start preaching the pure Gospel again! It is time to forget about what people think of us or the successes that we do or don’t have and start thinking instead about how the Holy Spirit can work through us to bring souls to him through the Gospel!

Quit being a namby-pamby, touchy-feely, emotional, self serving Christian and start serving others by giving them what they really need, Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior. If they are sinning, and you know it, tell them, even it means hurting their feelings.

Don’t tell them that whatever they are doing is alright, as long as they aren’t hurting anyone else. There is no such thing as a sin that doesn’t hurt anyone, because every sin hurts God!

Instead, tell them that what they are doing is against God’s will according to what He says in the Bible. Tell them, that you love them but that you can’t stand to see them hurting themselves and God like they are. Tell them you don’t want to see them lose their faith because of what they are doing. Then, when they are finally listening to you and heeding your words, tell them the true and certain good news that Jesus died on the cross for them and that their sins are forgiven.

I think one of the reasons that we tend to see less and less men in church is because of this emotional, feely Christianity that so many have grown accustomed to. If we want to regain the Christianity of our forefathers, if we want to rise up again as brothers and sisters in Christ, then we need to stop worrying about feelings and start looking to the truth of God’s Word and the true help and salvation that is offered there. God bless us as we rely on God to guide us into the way of truth! Amen!