If people go to that church with the explicit motive of gaining cash....then it does nothing for their soul.
In fact, Christ tells the Pharisees, doing things just to be seen is wrong in today’s Gospel.
It made me stop and think about the volunteering that I do at my church and whether I do it out of love and service or out of the need for recognition.
Is there a little bit of both in all of us? I think probably so.
This preacher thinks it’s ok to use money to attract people. He’d say it’s no different that using a glitzy band or cookies and coffee after service.
What should the theme of the message be to people who know it’s Easter but have no interest in that but are only there to win money?
Wouldn’t it be tough on Good Friday talking about the 30 pieces of silver used in the betrayal?