The caption for this YouTube video from the Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, Florida, reads:
This video supported a live performance of the song during our “I Love the 80s” series. Pastor David Hughes was speaking on the topic of Baptism. He encouraged the people of CBG to “Jump” in and do it!
After viewing this video, I forgot to mention there is one more thing you do NOT need to preach the Gospel.
You do NOT need to be RELEVANT to preach the Gospel.
The Gospel is relevant. We make it irrelevant by acting as if people will not understand it or accept it unless we blend some of our culture into it. I thought the purpose of the church was to preach the Gospel so people would be delivered from the culture of sin, not to be baptized into it in worship. I pity the church that dares to introduce pagan music it into the worship of the One, True Holy and Sovereign God.
Besides, do you really think the band is really that good?
I readily admit I have done some stupid stuff in worship as a pastor. And I have had to repent and ask the Lord to forgive me more than a few times for my immature acts of leadership. I thank the Lord however, for giving me a deeper fear of Him and greater understanding of His Lordship. Now those days of stupid actions are fewer and farther between.
At what point does the church stand up, speak out and say, “Enough.” This is dangerous stuff. This is very dangerous.
It is sad when PREACHERS forget that the only way a person understands the Gospel is when God REVEALS it to them… NOT by their slick presentations directed toward making the biggest “WOW FACTOR” they can possibly do. People come to Christ for salvation only when GOD reveals Himself to them. Good post…
As I viewed the video the face of unreached person of the day kept my focus. I wondered what him or any one lost and truely brought low would think of lack of presentation of the Gospel. They would know because this looks like what they already have.
do you have to have tatoos to preach the Gospel?
Luke 9
46 An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47 But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side 48 and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.” 49 John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.” 50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.”
2 Timothy 4
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.