Church Destruction 101: The Key

Yesterday I shared my evil plot on how to destroy a church.  I promised that it had a point—I was not being devious for the sake of being devious.  That entire story was just one expression of the key to church destruction: taking the focus off of Christ and His gospel.

I can even do that through “holy” things.  Moralism will destroy a church because it takes its eyes off of Jesus.  Liberals can destroy a church and so can conservatives.  Good theology (wrong applied of course) can close the doors just as easy as rank heresy.  Even something as holy as a plea for unity can destroy a church if it leads people to take their eyes off of Jesus. 

So if you desire to destroy a church be sure to not keep Jesus the main thing.  That’s the key.   Make something or someone else the head of the church and it crumbles.  It only takes a matter of time before a body severed from its head loses its life.  It happened in Corinth and it happens in many churches today.