The Museum of Idolatry

Darth by the Glades

Church by the Glades advertises,

Don't be on the dark side and miss church tonight! See you at 6:00 as we continue our series, "Villains, Bad Guys and Minions." — at Church by the Glades.

 

Someone was on the dark side. Who's the one choking the Word?

 

Do you have a "personal relationship" with Jesus like this?

This is what happens when people take their personal experiences and IHOP's false Bridal Paradigm too far. This is Brandon Barthrop from Red Letter Ministries (RLM) who holds his church services in a former crackhouse in Minnesota. (You can hear his wife Penny in the background.)

(Warning: MA - explicit language and disturbing sexual references.)

 

This is Barthrop's excuse for the above video:

“WARNING! This videos is a parable! NOT to be taken literally. The language in this video is symbolic! Glory! Having spiritual sex wit h Jesus should be just as normal to Christians as breathing, since we are 1 spirit. Intimacy has been so religiousized by demons, so let us break the barriers into the reality of what intimacy is: sexual union. The entire bridal paradigm and the mystery of marriage and consummation etc. that is in the natural is all symbolic of the ultimate union with God. Sex between a man and women in the marriage covenant is the physical manifestation of the spiritual marriage and spiritual sex between the Christian and their Lord. Glory! Orgasmic glory is here to stay as the Lord will never issue us a divorce certificate! Hallelujah! For more orgasmic glory visit Red Letter Ministries online garden: http://RedLetterMin.com/”"

Brandon Barthrop, http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=313098887049, 2010. (Accessed 01/08/2010.)

HT - PreacherSaidWhat

Let's Get High?

In the truth is stranger than fiction category, Joshua Mills' latest "praise album" is entitled, "Let's Get High."

And NO this is not a satirical post. Here's the link so that you can purchase your copy of this album from Amazon.com.

Christian Worship Service?

This video was taken at Perry Stone's Church. We're pretty sure this isn't a Christian form of worship. In fact, it resembles the type of worship used for the Golden Calf. But, this time the Golden Calf has been replaced with a replica of the Ark of the Covenant.

Bizarre!!

UCC’s health advocates press for increased condom distribution IN CHURCHES

Note: This is NOT an April Fool's Joke.

The United Church of Christ is pressing for a new type of 'sex challenge' for their churches. They want UCC Churches to be condom distribution centers.

Highlighting the need for churches to be places of spiritual and physical wellness, UCAN, Inc. (United Church of Christ HIV and AIDS Network) has issued a statement encouraging condom distribution at places of worship.

The statement, presented to the UCC’s Wider Church Ministries joint board meeting in Cleveland March 19, comes on the heels of a renewed focus on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic."(Online Source)

Wow, we missed that mandate in the scriptures. We had no idea that fulfilling the great commission included handing out condoms so that people can engage in sinful sexual activity without fear of contracting a disease.

Church authorities not to discipline Dutch 'atheist' pastor

Utrecht, Netherlands (ENI). Two regional church authorities in the Netherlands are reported to have decided to take no disciplinary action against a self-proclaimed atheist pastor, Klaas Hendrikse.

The decision of the authorities in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland was published in a letter to their congregations, the Protestant daily newspaper the Nederlands Dagblad reported on 24 March.

The church authorities said disciplinary proceedings against Hendrikse, who is a pastor of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, would be likely to lead to, 'a protracted discussion about the meanings of words that in the end will produce little clarity'. The letter also noted that people have debated the issue of 'God's existence' throughout time.

Hendrikse gained attention with his book published in November 2007, in which he said that it was not necessary to believe in God's existence in order to believe in 'God'. The Dutch title of the book translates as, 'Believing in a God who does not exist: manifesto of an atheist pastor'.

In his book, Hendrikse recounts how his conviction that God does not exist has become stronger over the years.

'The non-existence of God is for me not an obstacle but a precondition to believing in God. I am an atheist believer,' Hendrikse writes in the book. 'God is for me not a being but a word for what can happen between people. Someone says to you, for example, 'I will not abandon you', and then makes those words come true. It would be perfectly alright to call that [relationship] God.' "

(Via Ecumenical News International.)

Bill Clinton a Calvinist?!

Who knew?

The Vatican claims Darwin's theory of evolution is compatible with Christianity

The Telegraph is reporting, "The Vatican has admitted that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution should not have been dismissed and claimed it is compatible with the Christian view of Creation." Click Here for the Whole Story

Preaching About Superbowl Commercials

Apparently preaching from the Bible is something that pastors feel no obligation to do now-a-days. Now we can stick it to the man and preach about the deep spiritual messages in Superbowl Commercials. (too bad that the man they're sticking it to is Jesus)

Pay real close attention when the video gets to the 1:22 mark. You will witness this Methodist congregation in the Dallas Fort Worth area singing that deep and meaningful hymn "Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the Field Goal of Life"

Soaking Prayer?!?!

Without ANY passages in the scriptures teaching that we can engage in "soaking prayer" and without a single example of any of the Biblical patriarchs, Jesus or His disciples engaging in "soaking prayer" these people have invented a way to 'experience' the love of the God. Yet, God has NO WHERE promised that He could be 'experienced' in this way. But then again the folks at the Toronto Airport "Christian" Fellowship are also the ones that brought us the so-called 'laughing revival'.

So if you're exhausted after having the spirit bubble up from your belly then you can get some rest by engaging in 'soaking prayer'. But, neither practice can be found in the scriptures.

***The Last Word*** - Chris Rosebrough, the curator of the Museum of Idolatry, reviewed this video and so-called 'soaking prayer' on the Fighting for the Faith radio program.
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