Why is that a lot people that "go" to church look more like the world than Christians? I have thought about this question for a long time. Here are a few things I think lead to this conclusion.
People are more interested in what event the church is having rather than what is being preached out of the pulpit, they go to church on Sunday not for the preaching but to see their friends and to hang out, not for the spiritual growth but for popularity growth.
Also many preachers are more concerned about how many people they have in the pews that day than the subject on which they are preaching. They will "delude" the gospel and talk about what the people LIKE to hear not what they NEED to hear.
People also don't want to give up anything in their life style, they don't want to give up this and that but want to say the prayer, go to church, do good deeds, maybe even read their Bible sometimes and they think that it is "good enough." They don't want to "pick up their cross," they don't to do anything to strenuous, they just want to coast right on through life and have as much fun while their here.
Youth Group, as it is, is a great problem. Now I know that statement is probably burning some of you up right now, but let me explain. As God designed it, the father is suppose to be the spiritual leader of his home, what the church has done is twist it and now you have the head paster the leader of the whole church body, the youth pastor the leader of all the youth, and the children's pastor the leader of all the children. How can a family stay strong if each age group is being taught something different. If you will listen to your youth pastor and not your own parents don't you think there is something wrong with that? Is that youth pastor your parent, most likely not, so why do you respect him more then you respect your own parents. Granted sometimes youth pastors preach some good stuff but it always ends up being like a party every night.
Now I think youth group could be a good thing if the youth pastors were preaching on stuff like getting along with your siblings, respecting/obeying your parents. Youth group should not be just a teen hang out once a week, and it should not undermine the parents authority. Although I don't have anything wrong with hanging out it just does not need to be the driving factor. Once the father has gained the respect and authority he deserves back then a family will truly grow stronger together.
Questions??? If you want to add anything go right ahead.
Oh, when I say "people" in this post it is being used in a general sense, I am not talking about all people.
