Comments on: Of Double-Standards and Idols http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/ Engaging the depths of God and life in the Kingdom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:39:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Julie http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Julie Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:53:15 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/#comment-1195 "She is probably just raising money to build Rob Bell’s yoga parlors and Rick Warren’s coffee houses..." But do they serve coffee AT the yoga parlors? Because that'd be a problem for me. Seriously, now, I cannot fathom why it is OK to shell out $300 for one conference and not a mere $55 for another, why a huge church for one pastor is wrong and not another. That is screaming of inconsistency. How anyone can be fine with that is just... unfathomable. I admit to paying about $55 for a Bob Dylan concert ticket. Was that wrong? Should I have held out for $300 Madonna tickets? I want to make sure I get the most truth for my buck... “She is probably just raising money to build Rob Bell’s yoga parlors and Rick Warren’s coffee houses…”

But do they serve coffee AT the yoga parlors? Because that’d be a problem for me.

Seriously, now, I cannot fathom why it is OK to shell out $300 for one conference and not a mere $55 for another, why a huge church for one pastor is wrong and not another. That is screaming of inconsistency. How anyone can be fine with that is just… unfathomable.

I admit to paying about $55 for a Bob Dylan concert ticket. Was that wrong? Should I have held out for $300 Madonna tickets? I want to make sure I get the most truth for my buck…

]]> By: Russ N. http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/comment-page-1/#comment-1132 Russ N. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:43:12 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/#comment-1132 Ok - I'm going to show my ignorance on the subject. Why is MacArthur held in such high regard when every other single (living) pastor is being shot down for in some way shape or form being a man-pleasing, sinner-loving, seeker-sensitive hollow-man? From the old Slice 1.0 days I remember them ranting about this church or that group has obviously sold-out because look how big they have gotten (in weekly attendance) - yet, I look up MacArthur's church and he's sitting with several thousand every weekend and had multiple staff members, etc....and oh, he has a website dedicated to selling product with his name all over it. Double-standards and Idols - an appropriate title for this post. Ok – I’m going to show my ignorance on the subject. Why is MacArthur held in such high regard when every other single (living) pastor is being shot down for in some way shape or form being a man-pleasing, sinner-loving, seeker-sensitive hollow-man?

From the old Slice 1.0 days I remember them ranting about this church or that group has obviously sold-out because look how big they have gotten (in weekly attendance) – yet, I look up MacArthur’s church and he’s sitting with several thousand every weekend and had multiple staff members, etc….and oh, he has a website dedicated to selling product with his name all over it.

Double-standards and Idols – an appropriate title for this post.

]]> By: nathan http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 nathan Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:00:30 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/#comment-1119 Its ok for J Mac to charge 300 dollars for his conference. After all, he is selling 100% pure distilled TRUTH (he needs money for his new WAR). Beth Moore is obviously one of them there man-pleasing, sinner-loving, seeker sensitive types. She is probably just raising money to build Rob Bell's yoga parlors and Rick Warren's coffee houses, right? Its ok for J Mac to charge 300 dollars for his conference. After all, he is selling 100% pure distilled TRUTH (he needs money for his new WAR). Beth Moore is obviously one of them there man-pleasing, sinner-loving, seeker sensitive types. She is probably just raising money to build Rob Bell’s yoga parlors and Rick Warren’s coffee houses, right?

]]> By: PTDW http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 PTDW Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:37:55 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/03/20/of-double-standards-and-idols/#comment-1116 What cretins, really. I could buy a Super Bowl ad for Ken and he couldn't draw 15,000 people (read: green w/envy) but the real stupidity is these people have no idea how much it costs to rent an area that holds 15,000 not to mention security, paid staff to oversee the volunteers, etc. You think you can pony up the $56 donated to your ministry last month thru paypal to rent an NBA arena Ken? Here's one thing Beth Moore and Rob Bell never do: beg for money or float guilt trips for no one "supporting" their ministry, eh Ken? *cue crickets* The true lesson here is that people will pay for quality books, conferences, and large scale fellowship opportunities. Leaders of discernment ministries (that lead a staff of no one...wives don't count) begging and guilt tripping for money. Beth Moore has a pretty convincing argument that she was called to teach women thru bible study and the SBC and Lifeway seemed pretty convinced of that as well. Are you sure you're called Ken? What cretins, really. I could buy a Super Bowl ad for Ken and he couldn’t draw 15,000 people (read: green w/envy) but the real stupidity is these people have no idea how much it costs to rent an area that holds 15,000 not to mention security, paid staff to oversee the volunteers, etc. You think you can pony up the $56 donated to your ministry last month thru paypal to rent an NBA arena Ken?

Here’s one thing Beth Moore and Rob Bell never do: beg for money or float guilt trips for no one “supporting” their ministry, eh Ken?

*cue crickets*

The true lesson here is that people will pay for quality books, conferences, and large scale fellowship opportunities. Leaders of discernment ministries (that lead a staff of no one…wives don’t count) begging and guilt tripping for money. Beth Moore has a pretty convincing argument that she was called to teach women thru bible study and the SBC and Lifeway seemed pretty convinced of that as well. Are you sure you’re called Ken?

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