One of the greatest concerns of the modern Christian is the tendency to make everything about us. We reduce Jesus to a self-improvement technique, saying, “He helps me feel better about my life.” The same happens with our relationship with church. You hear people say, “I got a lot out of that.” Or, “I like that church because it helps me.” In the end, the person of Christ, the promise of the Word, the gathering of the people, the work of the cross, the hope of heaven, all become about “me.”
