(This was originally an email to Joshua Skogerboe about a blog post he'd written, but it got posted on a blog, so I'm reposting it here so it's still available.)
I'd agree completely that too often "good enough for church" is used as an excuse for doing less than our best for the Lord. I've been on the soapbox fighting against that myself; it's no different than excusing poor Bible teaching or preaching because according to Is 55:11, God's Word "will not return... empty".
Having said that, I don't believe you've made your case well.
