Meanwhile, Rev Schuller can cohost the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They'll be back in black in no time.
Posted on 10/18/2010 6:20:21 PM PDT by Jaded
Truly well said. All the Bakkers, Swaggerts, Robertsons,.... the whole money grubbing bunch do not serve Christianity in the manner Christ intended.
First point: 1 Timothy 2:12-13 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Men should be teachers, not women. Churches that promote women as teachers have brought in deceiving spirits of false doctrines. If you do not believe me, then check out the scriptures in Romans through Philemon: these are the doctrines and scriptures for the church today.
1 Timothy 4 reads: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron...
The apostle Paul through Christ, speaks volumes of truth here to Timothy and us today. Let us learn from Paul and Christ, not doctrines of devils which are so often taught at these mega-churches, simply to raise money and self fame; and not to preach Christ and His correct doctrines rightly. Avoid such teachers.
WOW! He sounds more like a motivational writer/speaker.
I know of a church in the state of Washington that has about 4,000 regular attenders. Their facility is basically a huge metal building finished off pretty plainly on the inside. Carpet and hard surfaces for the floors and sheetrock for the walls.
They purposely did it that way in order to keep the focus on God’s word and not a building. Paid it off in just a few years and they give LOTS OF MONEY to outreach and missions.
Well said.
The same could be said for some of the anti-Christ posters as well.
The Hour Of Power will now be The Fifteen Minutes of Sincere Effort.
“Truly well said. All the Bakkers, Swaggerts, Robertsons,.... the whole money grubbing bunch do not serve Christianity in the manner Christ intended.”
But they have really nice hair!
Despite all our failings, God is always faithful, so put your trust in Him and not in humans. We will always screw up at some point.
Well said FRiend. You are 100% correct.
There is a special place in Hell reserved for these charlatans.
That is worded very oddly, is it not?
>>> But the behavior of many self-defined Christians—including some here at FR—makes the religion come off as repulsive.
True enough but the purity police and the hall monitors are not what Christianity is about. By definition, attention whores will always grab more then their share of visibility. These self-righteous creeps and Schuller have much in common.
Related threads:
Once one of the nation's most popular televangelists, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller is watching his life's work crumble. His son and recent successor, the Rev. Robert A. Schuller, has abruptly resigned as senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral. The shimmering, glass-walled megachurch is home to the "Hour of Power" broadcast, an evangelism staple that's been on the air for more than three decades.The church is in financial turmoil: It plans to sell more than $65 million worth of its Orange County property to pay off debt. Revenue dropped by nearly $5 million last year, according to a recent letter from the elder Schuller to elite donors....
....The Crystal Cathedral blames the recession for its woes. But it's clear that the elder Schuller's carefully orchestrated leadership transition, planned over a decade, has stumbled badly.
I have found that true Bible doctrine is rarely found in large population of membership... but God's Word has been deposited and understood correctly and Biblically by the unknowns of the world; and certainly small in numerical numbers: thus I only attend small churches with few believers.
Not arguing with you but small church is more akin to a small parish. ;)
Your statement implies that your little congregation has a small proportion of believers relative to the overall membership, which I don’t think is the implication you intended. But I will concede this point of grammar is insignificant relative to your misunderstanding of Jesus’ own Church.
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