Many of Spurgeon’s religious critics complained that his preaching in the common vernacular and in music halls was “irreverent.” Never mind that it was effective! How many times have we put our judgment of the process above the actual results of our behavior?!
In response to his critics concerning where Spurgeon held meetings, he said,
“Wherever people are assembled to worship God, that place is sacred, whether beneath the magnificent canopy of the blue sky or in a building such as that in which we are now assembled, every place is sacred when devoted to such a purpose, for Thou, God art everywhere.”
Jesus said the same thing when He told His disciples: “Wherever two or more are gathered in my name; I am there in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20
@KarlGessler i read about a preacher (current!) who was criticised each week by his congregation - the following are what I remember of comments that came on the same day about the same sermon (can't remember where I read this now...perhaps 'Church Leaders' website?)
- sermon was far too long / sermon was far too short
- didn't use KJV / didn't use NIV
- too many anecdotes / not enough anecdotes
- you were too happy / you were too sad
- too many quotes of scripture / not enough quotes of scripture
there were MANY more
all in all, since we can never please everyone, there is no point expending all our efforts trying to please anyone...
...just doing, as faithfully, and as prayerfully as we can - what God is asking us to do 🙂
there will always be critics...let us work so that God aint one of them ;-)
Andy B
@tymektt @Berrybunchfamily @KarlGessler this actually made me laugh out loud 😂
@Berrybunchfamily @KarlGessler This post is too long/too short , exactly on the spot/missed the target, I feel uplifted/downed by the things you've written. Thank you/No thank you 😛