A SUITABLE CHURCH

I've been reading C.S. Lewis and his thoughts about "a suitable church."  Very interesting.  Lewis says, "Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighborhood looking for the church that suits him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches."  Man, does that perfectly describe our "church going culture".  If I become such a taster then I do not have to waste time in thinking about what I reject, but rather can spend all my time working up disharmony between those who say "mass" and those who say "holy communion."  I can get all worked up about clothing and music styles and candles and computers and other unessentials.  The search for a suitable church makes me a critic instead of being, what I believe God desires, a servant and a pupil.  There is not a worship service or sermon or book out there that will completely pass the scrutiny of the taster.  It's easy to think that the Church is here for education, building, missions, holding services, etc.  And, of course, all of these things must please me.  NO!!  The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them "little Christs" - that's what the word "Christian" means.  If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time.Source