Quoting from a sermon by a Church of God preacher…

Quoting from a sermon by a Church of God preacher from the 1970s. Notice #3 & #4. It seems to be the type of worship being promoted in many CoG churches today. What do you think?

1. There is something seriously wrong when the vessel robs the treasurer of its glory – when the box attracts more attention than the Jewel it bears.
2. God has said, “My glory will I not give to another.” (Isaiah 42:8).
3. There is in our day, a very disturbing tendency in the direction of the theatrical, the spectacular manner of presenting the Gospel both in preaching and in singing.
4. Somewhere down the road the Holy Spirit will have to undo such fleshly endeavors.