This post is from the Slice of Laodicea blog, and the quote found therein is from John MacArthur.
“Weak theology, an unwillingness to be absolute in terms of doctrine and a preoccupation with our strategy to market the gospel to the world through image and influence and prestige has killed discernment.”…
“Why do you think the Lord killed Ananias and Sapphira in front of the whole church? Now today any church marketing, church growth strategist would say that was a foolish act for God to do because it gave the church a bad reputation. You know what the reputation of the church was? Don’t join that organization because people die in there! The word went through the city like wild fire. Two people came to the offering and didn’t give what they told God they would and they’re dead!…wow, stay out of that organization. How’s that for marketing? It’s like running a restaurant where the last two people that ate there died. How’s that for publicity? You don’t want to join that organization, people die in there. They’re serious about sin in there. They’re real serious about sin. You know if they find you sinning, they come to you and they confront you and if you don’t deal with it they publicly speak about you.”
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