Are we White Castle Christians?

Tonight I took my son for a special "treat". We went to White Castle and As i sat their pounding another nail into my coffin i realized something, White Castle burgers are terrible. I mean they are not just bad in the sense that all fast food is pretty bad. These things are just foul they. they are nasty. bordering on not fit for human consumption. But... where else could i take my son out to dinner and have the entire meal for both of us only cost only 3 bucks. Thats right 3 bucks including the drinks. thats less than a starbucks coffee!!!.

I thought about complaining, bringing my burger to the counter and explaining that my bun was soggy and the onions apear to have eaten their way through the "meat". But i am sure they would have just laughed at me. They know their food's bad. They have no desire to make it better. Their entire bussiness plan rests on their food being bad. They sell substandard food which allows them to keep their prices considerabley lower than anyone elses. Then they keep their restruants open in areas where the are lots of people all the time, and they never close. what's more, people don't just eat it they grow to like it and even crave it.

I was thinking do we take the WhiteCastle approach to the Gospel? Do we off a substandard version of christianity that requires little of people, and at the same time makes the Fat and out of shape?

While becoming a Christian is easy sometimes we conveniantly forget how much work the Christian live requires.