All I can say is "THIS IS...

Over at Pulpit and Pen Seth Dunn does a great job sharing about some NONSENSE going on in the SBC. If you have not read it please head over to it here. If you do you might need some

After reading the article and watching the video you have to admit that something reeks of manipulation and bait and switch tactics. And before you go thinking "well they were going to lose their property anyway" think about this. Couldn't Johnny boy out of the goodness of his own heart offer "his services" just to help the brethren without the strings deed attached?

And NAMB. SHAME ON YOU...YOU SNAKES WHO BILK PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF "REVITALIZATION." I HEAR THE CASH REGISTER'S SINGING.

Think about this one for a minute!

Shameful Church

In Steve Camp's song "Living Dangerously" he says that "Sunday's become a holiday, they're an empty exercise."

Is this true? For me it is often. "How could someone who was a pastor like yourself says such things?"

When I was pastoring and I had the pleasure of sitting down and listening while someone preached, I winced at the thought of the things that ran through my mind.
I watched how we as pastors would "do" church. I see that extra stanza coming at the end of a no movement invitation. I saw how pastors and music people often plan their music so that it "compliments" one another so it might give more "punch" to the service.
I saw and still see how pastors manipulate people to make "decisions." I see how pastors attempt to use illustrations, movie clips, or stories to create an emotion to sway the listeners.
In the end, we as pastors or laymen for God, in whatever position we serve, become manipulators. We manipulate to satisfy our own, and other's opinions of ourselves.