thelokey

I grew up going to church. More correctly I grew up at church. It was the epicenter of my social world. My friends were at church, my girlfriends were at church, my family...you get the idea. I've always seen church as something I am supposed to attend because I am a Christian. I don't think so anymore. (Stay with me, this is going somewhere) It comes down to this one question... "Do I have to go to church, or do I get to go to church?" (Maybe that's two questions in one.) Your answer to this question will really determine whether your church-going (or non-church going) is healthy. Let me pause here and say explicitedly that I'm not "anti-church". Here's what I want to accomplish...I want to make people think about whether they can have a successful relationship with Christ without ever entering a church building. I've looked through a lot of scripture and here's the things I've found that characterize a growing disciple of Christ.....