Depressing Church Services
Martyn Lloyd Jones reporting after his six months away from preaching due to illness, in which he simply attended church services:
“My general impression is that most of our services are terribly depressing! I am amazed people still go to church; most who go are female and over the age of forty. The note missing is ‘joy in the Holy Ghost’…There is no life, no power! We of all people ought to have it. Joy and power are intimately related. One without the other is spurious.”
ht: Justin Buzzard
Tags: Church Service, Joy, Martyn Lloyd-Jones
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July 28, 2008 at 9:22 am
The church I go to comprise of high schoolers, college students, young working professionals, and some young couples. Many of the services deal with the topic of deep hurt from childhood. I found those services to be quite depressing. I would rather look forward to what God is giving me and has in store for me. But, I know that we also need to let God heal our hurts……