Cafeteria Christians

  I went to The Vine last night.  Its the college ministry of Second Baptist, and there was a really good sermon.  They used the illustration of being Cafeteria Christians...you see, at college you walk into the cafeteria and scope out all your choices, everything looks slightly questionable so you just take a little of the bar-b-que sundae(seriously served at MSU), the  3 day old chicken casserole, the macaroni pizza, corn, and salad.   You just pick at all of it getting some of the decent edible parts and then end up throwing over half of it away.  And thats totally how the majority of students treat the church through their college career.  A student can go to a different church every sunday and get a little CCH, some of the Vine, and a scoop of Chi Alpha throughout the week.  We can pick out the music from one service, the teaching from another, the small groups from another and just throw all the leftovers out the window.  But what kind of impact are we having on the Church, and what kind of impact is the Church having on us if we are only taking bits and pieces, losing the full value, and never sticking around long enough to give back?  The Church is not a building but a body of people, the Church is the bride of Christ...are we making the same kind of commitment to the marriage that Christ has made to us?