Archive for June 17th, 2008

This week I talk to Hilary Peele about her testimony.

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Virgil Vaduva, using advanced calculations based on the latest modernist theological systems has calculated your chances of going to hell.

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Beating a Dead HorseWe’ve had a number of questions about why we’ve not addressed the ODM response to Todd Bentley and the Lakeland Revival. The answer is pretty simple – because the ODM’s, in general (when they aren’t lumping the ECM, Granger Community Church, Rick Warren or their other favorite whipping-boys in with Bently & Co.) have it right – the guy’s a huckster and the ‘revival’ is downright wacky.

While we’re at it – just in case anyone asks:

  • Fred Phelps is a hate-monger who does a disservice to modern Christianity
  • The Church of Jesus Christ & the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) is not a Christian denomination
  • The Unification Church is not a Christian denomination
  • The Universalist Unitarian church is not a Christian denomination
  • The health & wealth gospel is a lie and is antithetical to the Kingdom of God
  • The sky is blue
  • Water is wet
  • Most politicians lie to get votes

I hope this clears up where we stand on the issue of the circus in Lakeland.

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When I checked Slice this morning, I was stunned to hear that Granger Church had flipped the audience the bird during their easter service. This was something that I had to see for myself, so I checked out the video. I was a little disappointed, as I really was in need of some good drama to jump start my day.

The video in question was simply a new fad in YouTube videos, where lyrics to a song are drawn on fingers and then shown moving with the music. In this case, the word “make” was written on the middle finger, and was raised when the word was sung. This was not the performer “giving fellow Christians, and the Lord, the finger”, as Ingrid would suggest. It would be very hard to watch that video think that the intent was to flip the audience off.

Now, could Granger Church have used some tact in making this art piece? Certainly. At some point in rehearsals, someone should have said “hey, someone might get confused with the middle finger being held up alone.” But for Ingrid to say this is obscene, and assume that they were doing this to flip the audience off, is rediculous. I sometimes wonder how much time the ODMs spend poking around on the internet to find one headline that will make them the best Christian tabloid of the day. There is a big difference between having the spirit of discernment, and getting up in everyone’s business.

Oh, and she never mentioned the words of the pastor following the art piece… “I have good news, Jesus Christ is alive, now and forever more, the crucified on has risen from the grave, and he has ascended to the right hand of God, and he is the sovereign king and lord of all who live and all who have ever lived. He is worthy of our praise.” Funny thing… never heard about his extremely biblical sermon from that morning on Slice.

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