The Problem's Source

      Who do we blame for all the problems in the world? Is it the world's fault? No the problem of the world is that the Church is failing in its job.
some would say it is the sinners fault. I say it is the church's fault for failing to rebuke Sin. Some say it is the Bad guys out there. I say it is the supposed good guys and gals in the pews who won't take the Good News out on the street corner, and out to the jail cells, and the Grocery Store and WalMart when they shop.
    
       Some don't even pick up the phone and call others.


       Some don't even pray for others.
      
       Some have never knocked on a door to visit.


       Some don't think very often about the Gospel themselves.


       Some don't remember where they put their Bible last Sunday
       after Church and they won't look for it till this Sunday Morning.


      Some, I hear, have never shared the Plan of Salvation with another
      living Soul.

      Some vote for politicians who support gambling, and abortion,
      and legalizing drugs, and homosexual marriage.

      Some apparently don't care about anyone but themselves.


      And some are too busy gossiping about others to do anything
      themselves.

      Could any of these church members be Me???

Thanks! to American Family Radio's "Talk" for the following post that inspired today's comments.

The problem of the world is not the world.
The problem of the world is the church.


The problem of the world is not the sinners in the world.
The problem of the world is the saints in the church.
...
The problem is not the bad guys out there.
The problem is the good guys in here who won’t take the Good News out there to the people who really need to hear it.

The problem is not the sin we see all around us.
The problem is the really good people who remain comfortably trapped inside the four walls of the church.

The problem is me.
~~AFR Talk