No Perfect People Allowed

“If I walked through the doors of your church, the walls would fall down.”

This statement, or ones similar to it, have been said to me on more than one occasion over the years that I’ve pastored our church. By saying this, the person is implying that they feel they are not worthy to enter a place they deem too good for them.

Recently, two men were working at our church in a place where there is no light. While holding a flashlight, one said to the other within range of my hearing, “This must be where they keep the sinners.”

The idea of “church” brings up a variety of images and opinions in peo...