“Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—I cannot bear your evil assemblies” (Isaiah 1:13).

There is no want of church services throughout the land. In every town in every city there are churches of every persuasion and size and structure. There are old church houses as well as newer modern worship centers. There are churches with gymnasiums and auditoriums that would rival a college or university campus. There are churches big and small, rich and poor.

One would think with all the church services going on in the United States of America we would have a solid biblical foundation in which we are building our futures upon.

Yet with all these church houses, and all the church services there seems to be a lack of a Godly fire within. Society crumbles around us and the church remains silent on the injustices that transpire each and every day. The moral decay inside the church house is second only to that which we find outside the church house.

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_{Are you a Christ Look A Like?}

_{A look-alike is a living person who closely resembles another living person. In popular Western culture, a look-alike is a person who bears a close physical resemblance to a celebrity, politician or member of royalty. Many look-alikes earn a living by making guest appearances at public events or performing on television and film, playing the person they resemble.}

_{It has been reported that today there are over 10,000 Elvis impersonators performing all over the world. These impersonators come in all sizes, shapes, ethnicity and even gender. There is a black Elvis, a Mexican Elvis, a female Elvis,a Greek Elvis an Indian Elvis and even a child Elvis. There are Elvis contests and festivals held in various parts of the world at different times of the year. One can catch a tribute show on the Vegas strip where Elvis lives on portrayed by the various tribute artists who have graced the stage.}

_{Having just returned from Branson, Missouri I too have witnessed several Elvis impersonators during my week long stay. All of these portrayals were intended to be comedic and were not in my opinion doing service to the memory of “the King”. Over acting, poor singing, bad hair and costuming made for great comic relief but failed to bring any dignity or meaning to the now deceased Elvis Aaron Presley. This type of impersonating made a joke out of the life and legacy of Elvis.}

_{One would have to wonder if all these poorly done impersonations have a negative effect on the original? How many poor imitations does it take to devalue the original work?}

 

_{Anyone who has ever made copies on a copy machine knows the importance of using a clean original before attempting to make a copy. Each subsequent copy degrades in quality until a point where it becomes unusable. Making copies of copies would cause you to have a less than pristine finished product.}

_{Graphic artists tell us that in order to reproduce a graphic it is best to start with a large, good quality original in order to provide the best reproduction in a printed work. This article, in order to reproduce properly, is preserved in its original quality via Adobe portable document format. An actual picture is taken of the original and preserved for later reproduction. It is amazing what modern technology has accomplished.}

_{If one is not concerned about quality then any copy will do. Copies of copies are acceptable even unto the third and forth reproduction. It does not matter the quality only the content. As long as the content can be recognized from the original then it is considered good enough.}

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