[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

This isn't directed at you, but I'm playing off your post because of the bold.

Why can the message for a 10 minute deal that RM preached against the week before? I wouldn't have done it. My people would know what I believe and they would be wise enough to know that some people might have a different view than me when they come and take my pulpit. GP wasn't preaching something contrary to the Word of God. What is the flipping uproar about? He was just preaching something that didn't jive with RM's point of view or conviction. Big, deal. LOL!

It's like the guys robbed Wells Fargo or something. What is up with that? I wish they would have. Then we would really have something to talk about. This is getting more ridiculous the more I think about it.

Maybe he should have tackled him, put him in a headlock, rubbed his fist on top of his head and repeated over and over - "I don't do that kind of music here! I don't do that kind of music here. Do you hear me?"

PO - I just know what my pastor might say--and while as a congregation we might tolerate some craziness, we wouldn't put it out for "public consumption" if it was out of line with our church's teachings, dynamic, ideals, etc. I have no problem whatsoever imagining my pastor saying, "Hey, don't put that message up." OR "Hey, edit out that one bit about James Brown before you post it online."

I agree that it's ridiculous to cast aspersions on RM's character because he preached one thing and then had a preacher in his pulpit who went against his personal preferences.

I know we've had several old-school types preach for us, and frankly, you just never know what they're going to say. We're all adults - we have the maturity to let people be imperfect. That doesn't mean we completely approve of everything that comes out of the mouth of the visiting preacher. (But again--it would NEVER be posted on our church website.)