Madness. Pure madness. Some churches will do anything for press and media coverage. Methinks this one went a teeeeeeeny bit far. Just a bit.
Jesus died on the cross for you and you slowed down to honk your horn for Jesus. Fair trade, right?
MSNBC reports:
An Old Hickory church is offering a drive-thru Good Friday service until midnight.
North Point Community Church is set up inside a former bank building on Donelson Avenue. From midnight Thursday to midnight Friday, people can drive up to the building to drop a burden or sin at the first window. Then they can pull up to the second window and receive a blessing.
Church members said they hope this will be a bright spot in someone’s busy day. “We want people to know we care because we know Jesus,” said church member Lee Fesler.
They want this to be a “bright spot?” It’ll be a blur. It’s a freaking drive thru.
The dumbing down of Christianity. That’s what it is. At some point you make things so “convenient” that it ceases to be worship or prayer.
I wonder if you order the supersize Jesus you get a toy.
April 26, 2011 at 5:35 am
Pretty soon it will be so convenient that all you will have do to get into heaven is say a little prayer asking Jesus to come into your heart….. And there ya go, you're in!
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April 26, 2011 at 6:39 am
Hey the world already thinks that Christianity is dumb so why not dumb it down? By the way, you should look up the story about a church in MN which was giving away televisions, 3D Nintendos, etc during Easter to get people in the door. Here is the link: http://kstp.com/article/stories/S2079632.shtml?cat=0
Things like this perpetuate the dumbing down of Christianity.
April 26, 2011 at 10:14 am
I've posted about this.
I think it was an "April fish".
Mundabor
April 26, 2011 at 10:16 am
Oh dear,
this is not dated "1st April" like the other one I had read!
I still can't believe this is true, though…
Mundabor
April 26, 2011 at 6:48 pm
and then they get onto us about confessing to a priest in a confessionail!
April 26, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Hahaha…that is the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard. What has this world come to?
April 27, 2011 at 3:59 am
Can you get fries with that?
April 27, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Maybe next year you'll be able to "Text" your sin…I mean, with gas prices going up, who should have to drive anywhere to do this?
April 28, 2011 at 3:43 am
It actually sounds like deep down they are desiring the Sacrament of Confession. I mean aren't the minimal basics here: leave your sins, receive a blessing? Obviously this thing is a very perverted and disgraceful mimicry, though. Somewhere inside they desire what is made full and graceful in the Catholic Faith.