18/06/2026
A Word in Time
Are you a comfortable Christian?
Is it true, today's churchgoers like to be part of “church” providing it makes them feel good and comfortable?
Paul’s writings consist of many rebukes and corrections. As I read his letters and get into the “living word” as opposed to the academic “letter” 2 Cor 3:6. I am not comfortable at all, here are two reasons why:
1/ The disappointment and grief God must feel as His people fail to deny themselves and do not pick up their cross to follow Jesus but instead follow their own human nature and……….
2/ As I recognise my own “sins”. Of course, I don’t hang on to my guilt, or hide my guilt deep in excuses, but I confess my sins to God and to others, as James writes in 5:16
“Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful & effective.”
Paul warns us in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 that “churchgoers” will want to be comfortable in Church and preacher’s will to pander to their need.
• “For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths.”
McCracken— once editor at The Gospel Coalition—argues “that our Christianity has become too comfortable and consumer-driven. We’ve ceased to be a prophetic community grounded in Scripture and are content to parrot the prevailing ideology of our culture. Because western Christianity is so comfortable, so easy, we have claimed the title of “Christ-followers” without counting the cost of embracing the radical worldview of God’s Word.”
Jesus wants committed followers who deny themselves and pick up their cross -
What do you think?
Blessings PJ.