There’s A Bear In Their (And A Chair As Well)

From: http://myhillsong.com/bear Bear Grylls @ Hillsong Church, March 5th BEAR GRYLLS LIVE STREAM Saturday 6PM AEST, March 5th We will now be streaming LIVE our Saturday night service with special guest Bear Grylls. If you are unable to make it to one of our campuses, you can visit backstage.hillsong.com and watch the service live. Click … More There’s A Bear In Their (And A Chair As Well)

Mega-Mega Church Thing (shoutin’ tithing, tithing, tithing, tithing…)*

A recent trend in the US is for multi-site churches to use video to present the senior pastor’s sermon to the church branches where he/she is not present. Teddy provided a link to The Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas, where Ps Ed Young beams his sermons by video to presumably 4 of the 5 churches … More Mega-Mega Church Thing (shoutin’ tithing, tithing, tithing, tithing…)*

The Love of Luxury

Following on from S&P’s thoughts on ministers getting swept of track in the area of exaggeration, I wondered whether this example of corruption by luxury is another example of how leaders and even entire congregations can get swept off track. In the Sydney Morning Herald today, this article regarding exposure to luxury appeared. Basically, students … More The Love of Luxury

When Should Christians and the Media Talk About Church?

In response to Facelift’s suggestion for a media related post… We all saw the recent beat up by the Daily Tele regarding the gay lobby. We’ve also seen the recent reporting regarding Mercy Ministries. We later heard one of the girls involved convincingly validating the reporter’s content, although the allegations were denied in turn by … More When Should Christians and the Media Talk About Church?