{"id":78,"date":"2007-10-11T08:56:08","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2017-06-10T16:53:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T23:53:41","slug":"the-sound-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-sound-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"How Church can Solve the World Water Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"worldIn a previous post, I presented a theoretical plan for solving the world’s water crisis.<\/a> I proposed a way for churches to come up with that money by “taxing” themselves 1\/3 of what their property taxes would be if they were paying property taxes. We could get the needed $10 Billion in one year to fully fund the work that needs to be done to solve the world water crisis.<\/p>\n

Now, Todd Rhoades, over at Monday Morning Insight has got me thinking about another way churches can do this. He writes <\/a>that according to a recent study, churches in America spent $8.1 Billion on sound and video equipment last year.<\/p>\n

So we can either give a cup of cold water in Jesus’ name to every thirsty person on planet earth, thus solving the world’s water crisis, OR we can have state-of-the-art sound and video projection equipment in our churches.<\/p>\n

Hmmm. World water crisis…. state of the art sound systems. Which to choose?<\/p>\n

It seems like an easy choice, right? I mean, after all, to really be in touch<\/em> with Jesus, we’ve got to feel<\/em> the music and have our eyes massaged by the swirling lights on the screen.<\/p>\n

If we don’t get those music-induced goosebumps on Sunday morning, how will we ever make it through the week? And besides, most people will stop coming to church if we cannot compete with the high-def surround-sound movie screens down at the Omniplex theater.<\/p>\n

So I guess all those people around the world who just want a cup of clean water will just have to go thirsty a little bit longer.<\/p>\n

Here’s the honest truth: When we sing worship songs on Sunday morning, we are listening to the sound of water being poured onto the idolatrous altar of music.<\/p>\n

Of course, I’m in the same sinking ship, but on a smaller scale. I bought an MP3 player (a cheapo $30 job) last month, and purchased a few songs off iTunes. Jesus might be asking what I did with the $40 He gave me, but if He is, I can’t hear Him, because somehow, I got water in my ears.<\/p>\n

Update: And there are so many innovative ways of helping these areas get water. Check out these:<\/p>\n