What the Church Offers

[337 words] Too many folks look upon church attendance as being secondary to anything else on their schedule. They are not opposed to religion. They may even look upon it as a vital part of life. But they have no conscience against neglecting it. Perhaps the attitude is: “I’ll go to church if nothing comes up, or if I am not too tired.” But to stay away because we have so many other engagements or because we have so little strength left is like staying away from the dinner table because we are to weak from hunger to go to the table. The Bible tells us that this was not uncommon in the first century. The writer of Hebrews notes “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some” (Heb. 10:25). What then does the church have to offer that a person cannot get anywhere else?…