For May 18, 2026
A Call to the Path Less-Followed by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
TRUE CHRIST-FOLLOWERS are sickened in soul by displays of false religion. The nauseating parade of endless prosperity-message evangelical telethons that populate cable channels 24/7 are an example. We shake our heads in disbelief that anyone who follows Jesus could be gulled into supporting such blatant misrepresentations of the grace of God. Jesus’ words echo down the corridors of time: “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’” (Mark 7:6) And then he adds something that should resound with alarm in the minds and hearts of God-seekers: “They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.” (Mark 7:7)