I absolve you

Mediocrity. The end result of our society's strive for perfection. Look about you. It is everywhere. In your job. In your music, movies, and literature. In the architecture used to build your home. In the car you drive to work.

It's in your faith.

That's right, Christian. Your faith is mediocre. Complacent. Stagnant.

It's comfortable.

This is why Christianity has come to the standstill that it's at. This is why there is no change. This is why we are still using the same methods that have not worked for years and years and have not moved an inch (in fact, we're on the downhill slope). We are comfortable where we are at. And this does not apply to one denomination, but to Christendom as a whole. Every church has found it's comfort zone and kept itself there, from Catholics to Pentecostals. Catholics with their liturgy and motions which give them a security that their "good works" will get them to heaven, and Pentecostals with their shouting at each other in tongues, competing for the spot of holiest and most seeking Christian. An image is what we have come to seek as Christians. How many Hail Mary's can we say, or how long can we rattle along in tongues without taking a breath? How holy can we look? And what has this image gotten us? Results? No!

We have our mediocrity and comfort that we look "holy" to others, when, in fact, your rolling in the aisles church makes you look ridiculous.

You may say to me "but this is how we seek the Lord!" Is it? Does your comfort make you feel close to God? Well, what if one day that comfort were ripped away from you, the rug yanked away from under your feet so you fell flat on your rear end? Are you able to defend your faith well enough that the fall isn't hard at all? What do you know about what you believe? You've bene told over and over again that theology and head knowledge about God will get you nowhere, so you've avoided it. You fear to know because you fear you will be proven wrong.

Fear inspires your complacency.

I do not blame you for your fear, Christian. Reaching into the unknown is a frightening thing to do, but let me say to you: it must be done. Know thyself. Know why you believe what you believe. 'Be prepared to give an answer." We've said over and over again that when the world asks questions, we'll just tell them we're worshiping our king. What does that mean to them? Absolutely nothing. The world longs for an answer, and that answer is pathetic. Know your faith, give them an answer.