The craving of the flesh is no small thing. The man in the pulpit is under great temptation to fear man rather than God.
I present to you exhibit A.
Does the man stand behind a pulpit or sit next to a lampshade?
Does he read from a Bible or a TV monitor?
Does he tell you what God says or serve up a plate of mush?
I just read a sad article from NotTheBee of a “prominent” SBC church in Florida with a clip from his sermon yesterday. In an attempt to give a gracious benefit of the doubt to the unknown-to-me preacher, I found his archived sermon from yesterday… and sure enough… he served up not just a plate of mush, he baked up an entire pan of mush.
(see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUhJv1B7vc)
As a local SBC (Southern Baptists) pastor I want to publically say that what this man fed the Lord’s people who gather at First Baptist Church (FBC) in Orlando, FL, was mush. He may want to be known in Orlando as one of the pastors at FBC who loves and welcomes everyone by fearing men rather than God then he can do so, but there is no kinship with Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, ID pastored by this unknown-to-him preacher.
In the most loving way I know how to say this;
“Danny de Armas, until you give clarity to your mushy words, you have no open invitation to stand behind the sacred desk at Eastside Baptist in Twin Falls, Idaho. God’s people here will not put up with that. Your eisegetical “Ted Talk” is best suited for the deceived not like the church of Thessalonica, (the text from which you mentioned). The letter from the apostle Paul was to the church at Thessalonica, not the pagan citizens. This church in Thessalonica began after the townspeople rioted following His preaching. His affectionate partnership was for those who surrendered their pagan idolatry, not those who embraced their wicked lifestyles.
Warning to the saints at Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, ID: If ever in Orlando, FL, surely there are churches pastored by men of God who know how to preach and shepherd God’s people. Attend that church, not this one.”
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