“I want to talk to the boss!”
“Yeah, so does everybody.”
“There has been a mistake!”
“Yeah, everybody says that.”
“I went to church!”
“Good for you.”
“I still go to church!”
“Then you are in exactly the right place.”
“What? There are churches here?”
“Are you kidding me? There are more churches in hell than any place in the cosmos. Hell, there is a church on every corner. ”
“What? That’s crazy!”
“Yup, ca-razy man, ca-razy. Little churches, big churches, mid-sized churches — you got it all here!”
“No, you’re lying!”
“No, I swear to God, with all the religious people who are here, all the priests and pastors, Sunday school teachers, elders, worship leaders and Bible study leaders — you think somebody didn’t do a church plant? You think somebody doesn’t still need to prove something? You think somebody isn’t still building the kingdom? You think somebody isn’t still taking the offering?”
“But what about the fire?”
“Fire? Fire? We got the fire, and the brimstone! Hell yes! You ain’t heard a fiery sermon ’til you’ve heard one preached in hell! And alter calls, and prayin’ and slayin’ — we got all that here! You are gonna love it here! There is no better place for a good churchman or church lady to make a permanent home and join a church than in hell!”
“People don’t want to leave?”
“Are you kidding me, church people want to leave hell? Why would they want to do that?”
“To go to heaven!”
“Man, you don’t get around much, do you? There are no good churches in heaven!”