What's the Big Deal?

"The difference is scale. Second Baptist is the second-largest 'megachurch' in the U.S., a modern cathedral complex the size of an airport terminal. Inside "E Gym," where the congregation's 'small' Saturday evening service is being held, two basketball courts full of believers in jeans and flip-flops rock out, sing along or just watch as a huge contemporary band jams to the song Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?"

- Jesse Bogan - Forbes.com

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Do You Like Cake?

?We?ve become very familiar with preaching that, pays scant attention to the Bible; is self-focused; and is consequently only capable of making the most superficial impact upon the lives of the listeners. This would be bad enough were it not for the fact, that large sections of the church who listen to this kind of stuff are actually oblivious to the fact that what they?re getting is a placebo rather than the real medicine. And therefore they leave satisfied with the feeling that it has done them some good. A feeling which disguises the gravity of the situation? They get bloated up by all this stuff, and it gives them the feeling that somehow or another they?ve had a meal, but after a few hours they say, ?You know, I don?t know whether that thing did anything at all?? And so, in the absence of bread the population grows accustom to cake.?


- Alistair Begg

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Copy Cat

Wow! This stuff is happening so often that I can't even keep tabs on it anymore. Is this the new W.W.J.D. of evangelicalism? I mean did I miss the memo on this or something? Has Willow Creek or Saddle Back sent out a newsletter on "doing church" that I wasn't privy to? I'm really starting to feel left out here.

I'm not surprised. I mean this is typical of the modern day church. If something works well for one group, then exploit it and repackage it as your own. In a day and age where pastors are no longer writing their own sermons based on their own personal studies in the word it's not shocking to see this trend catching on. It's just a shame. It's a shame because people inside and outside of the church see this for exactly what it is. It's a marketing strategy. Not based on scripture, but instead based on attracting a crowd with the shock-jock style of attention grabbing.

I talked about this on our Radio show (10MAR09). For me, this isn't a reflection of a God-movement in the Church of America. Instead I see this as a judgement of God.

Your Thoughts?

Jason

It's always troubling to see a Church mocking the Bible and turning it into a sideshow. In this video you will find a Church, attempting to be humorous I suppose, taking a Bible story and turning it into a "Jerry Springer" type circus event.

Way to Go Church. You have not turned the Word of God into a joke...

Word!

Umm....OK?