The sermon and the lunch

I found this article very interesting because I grew up in a pastor's home. I sometimes saw this to be true in lots of homes that we went and visited and even in our own home. I found it interesting when he stated that it wasn't because the preacher was insicere. It was the fact that he was preaching on an ideal home situation that did not exist. I really liked the way he described this. in my home I always saw that my dad was really doing this for the right reasons and he was very sincere. I saw that people didn't listen to him because he would do this very thing. Reading this helped me understand why some people who have good things to say are ignored by people. I think it also has to do with being hypocritical. I saw a lot of people who were completely different people once they left the church. When I saw this I would immediately ignore them in the church. I never could listen those people because they were not fit to be preaching these things in my mind. I would stonewall and block them out completely. This can cause lots of problems. I think this is why people need to live according to the word. How is a nonbeliever going to ever come to Christ if christians are not the kind of people one would want to have anything to do with?