Worship services are supposed to be uplifting and positive. Won’t these images take away from worshipping God?
Though worship services should be encouraging, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t deal with difficult issues. People will be challenged and confronted with the truth at any gathering where the Bible is truly studied, including at Sunday morning services. Christians should be wise and compassionate about how they present God’s truth, but they shouldn’t water down clear biblical teachings for the sake of being inoffensive. Churches whose main goal is to not offend cannot preach the cross. Moreover, worshipping God requires that we know God for who He is, and worshippers cannot know God if they don’t learn about Him. This is also true for church visitors. Christians can’t expect non-Christians to follow God if they are given an incomplete picture of Him. For example, it is crucial for worshippers and visitors to know that God hates their sin just as much as they need to know that He loves them. They cannot truly appreciate the extent of God’s grace if they cannot accept the difficult truth
