JohnGill
Puritan Board Senior
that when you go to church the entire service should be oriented towards glorifying and honoring God? (Deut. 6.4-9) Is it to even be considered a church if there is no church discipline, sporadic (once every three months or so) administration of the Lord's Supper, and the preaching of the word has more jokes and funny anecdotes than faithful exposition of the word? There is no doctrinal unity at the church and no plan to bring about doctrinal unity. Everybody's nice and happy, but there is very little guarding of the tongue to discuss only those things pleasing to God on his day. I ask because for the past 4 or 5 months I have been depressed in attending church and feel myself becoming bitter over this which I do not want and would ask for prayer to guard against this. Am I expecting too much from church? I know all churches have problems and I am not expecting perfection, but I do expect the three marks of a church, doctrinal unity amongst the church leadership, and an admonishment from the pastor to discuss only those things pleasing to God at least while in church. Is even this too much?
I would appreciate all godly counsel on this issue.
I would appreciate all godly counsel on this issue.