{"id":6762,"date":"2009-11-09T11:47:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T11:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/11\/win-a-cash-prize-for-attending.html"},"modified":"2009-11-09T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T11:47:37","slug":"win-a-cash-prize-for-attending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/11\/win-a-cash-prize-for-attending.html","title":{"rendered":"Win a cash prize for attending church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can win up to $500 for going to church. OK, this is all kinds of wrong on so many levels:<embed type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='http:\/\/foxnews1.a.mms.mavenapps.net\/mms\/rt\/1\/site\/foxnews1-foxnews-pub01-live\/current\/largeplayer011008\/fncLargePlayer\/client\/embedded\/embedded.swf' id='mediumFlashEmbedded' pluginspage='http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer' bgcolor='#000000' allowScriptAccess='always' allowFullScreen='true' quality='high' name='undefined' play='false' scale='noscale' menu='false' salign='LT' scriptAccess='always' wmode='false' height='275' width='305' flashvars='playerId=011008&#038;playerTemplateId=fncLargePlayer&#038;categoryTitle=Faith&#038;referralObject=11425257&#038;referralParentPlaylistId=14dd8d0f134b75c8565df1685e721eff8f003aac&#038;referralPlaylistId=b3345b487f1ada874f99aa84582dedbd679379d2' \/>Of course they packed the church, why wouldn&#8217;t people want to win money for just an hour of sitting through a service. But their attendance is no doubt fleeting and will stop when there is no longer an opportunity to win cash. Jesus faced something very similar during his ministry and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?q=John+6\">this was his response<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 26 Jesus answered them, &#8220;Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.&#8221;  (Joh\u00c2\u00a06:1\u00c2\u00a0ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Church is for the worship of God <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?q=Matt+6\">not mammon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can win up to $500 for going to church. 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