Have you noticed how almost everything you buy these days has a warning label on it? Welcome to the world of protection from litigation. Some of the wackiest ones include:
A bottle of sleeping pills with the warning: “Caution, may cause drowsiness”
A fishing lure with the warning: “Harmful if swallowed”
Washing machine with the instructions: “Don’t put people inside.”

It causes me to start thinking about appropriate warning labels for worship to be printed in the bulletin:

“Sleep at your own risk”
“Caution, sermon contents may be too hot to handle”
“Not responsible for wandering thoughts.”

Jesus issued warnings:

In Matthew 6:1 He says, “Be careful about worshiping for show.”
In Matthew 18:1 He says, “See that you don’t look down on little ones.”

And here in Luke 12, Jesus begins the p…