Your Church may not be a church...

This is a post from The Gospel Driven Church by Jared Wilson

• You never hear the word "sin" there.

• You hear the word "sin," but only briefly or redefined as "mistakes."

• You can't remember when you last heard the name of Jesus in a message.

• The Easter message isn't about the resurrection but "new opportunities" in your life or turning over a new leaf.

• On patriotic holiday weekends, the message is about how great America is.

• On the other weekends, the message is about how great you are.

• There are more videos than prayers.

• People don't sing during "worship," but watch.

• The pastors' chief responsibilities are things foreign to Scripture.

• There is more money budgeted for advertising than for mission.

• The majority of the small groups are oriented around sports or leisure, not study or service.

• You always feel comfortable there.

• Church membership just appears to be a recruiting system for volunteers.

• You only see other church people on Sunday mornings at church.

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If your church meets one or more of these, it might be a spiritual pep rally, a religious performance center, a Christian social club, or something else entirely, but it is probably not, biblically speaking, a gathering of the biblical church.