Manipulative church

Monday Morning Insight, Todd Rhodes highlighted a new church in the Netherlands. Smoking is their god. At first I smiled at the manipulative invention of a church to get around a state rule of no smoking. Yet, the church today walks the tight rope of biblical principles to justify felt needs. Paul writing to Timothy said a little wine is good for the stomach, which means I can sit in the bar and sip a few because it is good for my health. I need to stop and look at my life, the life of my church, and the denominational I serve with to see what is manipulative for my pleasure and what is truly from God and needs to be practiced.