When the Church gets *Stars* in it's Eyes..

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by Ronzo

I thought I smelled smoke...

It's from the tree...not the weed....

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by revrandy

It's from the tree...not the weed....

Originally Posted by revrandy

It's from the tree...not the weed....

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....

I think Rhoni is a star.

Originally Posted by revrandy

What is it about Celebrity and the Church.. It seems that we too are starstruck at times....

Recently I was talking with a friend who attends a church and they couldn't talk enough about some recent *Stars* their pastor had met....and how the *star* would be coming to their church and so on and so on and so on add nausea.... it seems to be an elevated Saint status...

Public Office to gets Pulpit time and most times a seat...

anybody else notice this??

I think it has to do with the same concept that makes celebrities millions of dollars in endorsements! If Peyton Manning uses Sony, Sprint, drives a Chevy, and Drinks Gatorade, then all these must be superior products!

Same thing with the church, if Peyton Manning or Tiger Woods goes to our church we must be the best church in town, regardless if we have 10 or 110,000 people and revival or not.

Every preacher under the sound of my pen would covet the opportunity to tell his friends that several of the Dallas Cowboys attends his church and one even has the Holy Ghost.

Is it true that Felicity is a star?

[jwharv]

Define star.....................

Do you mean the "celebrity" preachers?

Do you mean Hollywood people?

Do you mean "celebrity" singers?

I have seen lots of people be put on a pedestal. Treated as if they were the king of all things. I have even seen some "worshiped" more then God was during the service. It is very sickening.......................

[Pressing-On]

I've never seen the women screaming and crying like they did for Elvis, so I think we're okay, thus far.

[jwharv]

Worshiping the Preacher
Henry Ward Beecher, the famous pulpit orator, once had to be absent and his brother was invited to speak for him. The church house was crowded, but when it became evident the eloquent Henry Beecher was not going to appear, many started to leave. Beecher's brother was not disturbed. He stood up before the murmuring crowd, called for silence and said, "All who came this morning to worship Henry W. Beecher may now leave. The rest will remain and worship God."


I just came across this and enjoyed it...................

Originally Posted by jwharv

Worshiping the Preacher
Henry Ward Beecher, the famous pulpit orator, once had to be absent and his brother was invited to speak for him. The church house was crowded, but when it became evident the eloquent Henry Beecher was not going to appear, many started to leave. Beecher's brother was not disturbed. He stood up before the murmuring crowd, called for silence and said, "All who came this morning to worship Henry W. Beecher may now leave. The rest will remain and worship God."


I just came across this and enjoyed it...................

Beecher was Lincoln's preacher, if I rightly recall. He kept the people spell bound as he spoke so eloquently.

Preacher adoration has been with us since the days of Paul. Some said that they were of Paul other said that they were of Cephas. Paul asked them, "so who died for you?"

That adoration is quite normal, expecially when that preacher loved that lost soul to the saving knowledge of He who loves above all. It is not something to be condemned neccessarily, unless it becomes more than the love of God that attaches a soul to a Father figure. I adore brother Kilgore. He is my hero, a father to me. He once told me who his hero is. It is entirely and spiritually natural. The most powerful and productive churches are those in whom their pastor became the father to all. If I were a pastor, I would be a father...as true of a father as I am to my own children. I believe a wise Pastor would seek to become such...through unfeigned love, true devotion and dedicated to a life of service for whom Jesus died.

Just my opinion, of course.