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Originally Posted by A_PoMo
I don't mean that they or their marriage is repugnant. It's just the whole ego driven driven ministry and celebrity Christian culture thing that is repugnant. Sorry about the misunderstanding. And sorry to come off as so flippant. I just bristle at the whole mega-monster ministry stuff and the slick meisters that people cowtow to in Christian culture, especially on the Charismatic side. I get all nervous at Jakes when he deigns to come out from behind his massive eco-unfriendly pulpit and struts around with his chest all puffed out. The whole arrogance, in-your-face , I'm all that a bag of chips things just rubs me wrong. That's what I think is sad and repugnant. Unfortunately people get caught up in the system and the higher you go the farther you fall, i.e. Weeks/Bynum. The whole thing is sad. And repugnant.  |
My thing is just because it's massive doesn't exactly mean it's successful in God's eyes. I am not saying that God is not using some of the mega churches in a profound way-but to say that is success-is wrong.
I think what God deems is success and what we think is success, powerful and amazing may not be the same thing as that God does.
We need to seek to please God and go where God leads us, and not be intimidating into thinking if it isn't as grand and big as so n so we're some how less-I just don't think that is true at all.