A little more than a month ago, I posted about a church sign featuring a chess metaphor that just. didn’t. work. Since then I’ve kept a watchful eye on Trinity Valley Church during my weekly drives home from Wal Mart should they provide any more such gems.
Two weeks ago, this sermon title caught my attention: “The Tragedy of a Long Marriage.”
Obviously, that struck me as being a bit weird. I mean, long marriages are generally thought of as the antithesis of tragedy, aren’t they? I suppose it depends on who you’re married to, but from a churchy perspective, divorce is typically frowned upon. But I thought maybe they were trying to be clever, and didn’t mean it literally, so I drove on by and didn’t give it much more thought.
Until last week, when I drove by and saw this sermon title: “The Tragedy of Financial Security.”
Okay…This also seemed a off, considering how many churches promote things like the Crown and Dave Ramsey financial studies courses to help members get out of debt (and, presumably, be more inclined to tithe and give money to their churches and ministers) but this made slightly more sense than “The Tragedy of a Long Marriage,” because there are those verses in the Bible about not storing up treasures on earth, where thief can steal and moth can destroy. And, from that the previous week’s sermon seemed more reasonable, if they were going for something about life on earth distracting people from eternity in heaven. Or, in the case of a long marriage, becoming so familiar with your spouse that you grow cold towards them.
But this week’s sermon title kind of blew those theories out of the water: “The Tragedy of Too Much Pain.” Pain, too much or otherwise, is a tragedy! This is definitely a literal sermon title. There’s nothing clever there.
So what the heck were the previous two week’s sermons about? What kind of church is this?
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