The Deadly Virtue of Religious Devotion

The Deadly Virtue of Religious Devotion

Jim Weavor | Guest Pastor

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The ‘Deadly Virtue’ of Religious Devotion

Jim Weaver, Guest Pastor

thanks again this morning to Pedro and to Matthias today. You all do a great job and to the worship team thanks for preparing our hearts for experiencing God's presence today. In these Sundays together we've been talking about what I've called some deadly virtues. These are genuine Christian virtues, qualities, values that are important for us as we follow Jesus. But it's possible for them to become twisted and distorted and confused and misguided and they end up being destructive or deadly to our spiritual life, to our relationship with God. This morning we're going to talk about the deadly virtue of religious devotion. I served with churches for about 40 years before I retired from full-time pastoral ministry. In 4 decades in churches, you will encounter some interesting people and see some curious things. Here are some happenings I remember from different churches. And lest you think I'm indulging in some ministerial exaggeration, you can't make all of this up. There was a Bible study class of older adults who wanted the church to convert a space near their classroom into a restroom. The building and grounds committee investigated the project and They determined that the cost was just too great to justify constructing A restroom with other financial priorities the church had at that time. Not to be denied, this Bible study class, most of the members of it, began to designate their offerings for the construction of the restroom. This went on for several years. I became pastor of this church when the monies that this class had donated, contributed, was getting closer to the amoun