In his recent blog posts, prominent Christian writer Donald Miller said he has graduated

out of the local church and that he rarely attends church anymore.

He says he actually feels more close to God when he's innovating and starting new initiatives

during the week than he does in church on any given Sunday.

One of his hang-ups is corporate worship.

Miller wrote this in the blog post, quote, I have a confession.

I don't connect with God by singing to him, not at all.

I know I'm nearly alone in this, but it's true.

I was finally able to admit this recently when I attended a church service that had perhaps

the most talented worship team I've ever heard.

I love the music, but I loved it more for the music than for the worship.

As far as connecting with God goes, I wasn't feeling much of anything, end quote.

But clearly it's more than just the music, and as clear he represents more than himself.

For many evangelicals, both young and old, the local church simply doesn't work any

longer as a place of worship.

And besides, no local church looks like the church is in acts anyways.

So why pretend that modern churches are of equal value to those in the first century?

Those are some of the entangled questions on the table now.

So Pastor John, what would you say to any evangelical Christian who believes that they have

graduated from or spiritually outgrown the local church or who believe corporate gatherings

on Sunday simply don't fit their personality type in worship preferences?

Well, there are a lot of issues here that I'm hearing in between the lines.

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