Once in a while Dave Daubenmire’s observations leave me somewhat bewildered. I don’t know where he attends church but his observation in this article are not based on the facts. Most Christians do not go to Church three times a week and none are over-stuffed with the word. You are luck to get Christians to attend church once a week for one or two hours. Most Christians are starving for the lack of the word being taught. I have yet to meet one Christian that is over-stuffed with the word. Most Christians have never even read through the Bible in their entire lifetime. What is really happening is that most who go to church come home empty and they do not feed for themselves either. They cannot go out and do battle because they have no armor and are not experienced in using the sword.
Dave Daubenmire — The Church of the Dead Sea As I surveyed the crowd I was struck with the realization that most Christians, even in good Bible-teaching churches, are over-stuffed. You know the feeling, the laziness that always follows a good meal and the desire to sit in an easy-chair and snooze. That is what is happening in our churches. Christians are sitting in the pew, occasionally raising a hand in agreement with the Word, crying out, “Amen” to the pastor much the way a sheep “baaa’s,” and slowly chewing on the meat that is being served. When the service is over, they go home, lie on the couch, chew on the cud, and bide their time for their next opportunity to go to church and eat.
Dave’s “sermons” usually follow the same theme: Dave is so smart, everyone else is so dumb. Here he appears to be criticizing his home church, the church that he attends with his wife and family. Dave always paints with a broad brush so he smeared everyone in the congregation. Doesn’t he realize that his brethren are going to find out about the unattractive picture that he has painted of them (overstuffed sheep) and word is going to spread? Of course he does. Maybe he doesn’t care what people think anymore. Why? What happened? Or maybe he would rather have negative attention than no attention at all. Sounds like social suicide to me!