The Bible — The ‘Christian Buffet’

November/December 2023

   My, oh my, who doesn’t like a well stocked buffet,  with all the different varieties of delicious foods?  You get to choose what you like and you can skip over anything you don’t like!  Wow!  What a deal!  All you can eat of your favorite foods!  

   Unfortunately, that’s how most Christians treat The Holy Word of God!  They think they can pick and choose only what “tastes” good and what pleases them.  Especially the sugar filled or coated items.  Kind of like the candy coated “sermonettes” they enjoy in the “church” with “pastors” of the same caliber as Joel Osteen or Jesse Duplantis.  The “Christian” buffet draws huge “hungry” crowds to get their fill of their chosen goodies!
     
   Let’s all admit the fact that we enjoy a buffet.  If it doesn’t taste good to us, we can just pass it by.  Honestly, haven’t we all done the same thing with God’s Word?  We love His “delicacies” — such as His love, grace, mercy, promises of blessings and eternal life.  And we should absolutely love those “delicious” dainties!  

   But in order to be “healthy” and “well” physically and spiritually, we ...

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