Following Judah's Lion

Welcome to Human Efforts

As far back as Cain, man has sought to elevate himself and has demanded recognition for himself as well as giving recognition to other men. Man continues to view his species as worthy of adoration and idolatrous admiration. Rock stars, Hollywood actors, sports figures, rich people, models, and men and women of political power are all objects of a form of worship.

Even pastors, theologians, and Christian leaders gain a certain unhealthy status within the community of faith. Believers will spend inordinate amounts of money and effort just to see and hear their favorite Christian leaders, to say nothing of singers, and they will travel thousands of miles in order to hear them say what they have already heard them say and what they could hear them say on recordings. When someone holds a national religious conference the entire amount of money spent collectively is nothing more than a sin that reflects the western hedonistic mindset.

The fact that many pastors, Christian authors, Christian singers, and an array of Christian leaders are millionaires or at least financially well off is a sign of how far the church has strayed in its pursuit of the footsteps of Jesus, and how high the church has elevated men and women over the actual works of Jesus. Political cause, religious trinkets, inflated church staffs, church mortgages, and other financial expenditures indicate a serious heart condition in the western church. It is extremely sad and the extent of the problem is probably past finding out since we have long since left any semblance of a perspective that is free from cultural impurities. The church has stepped out of the gospel revolution and stepped into the Industrial Revolution.

The atmosphere may not be spiritual, but at least it is air conditioned.