addymac said:
Actually hillsong preaches that greed and earning money is good (as opposed to preaching the evils of money), the rationale being that the more money you have the more good you can do.
Saying "Actually" denotes that what your saying is fact and that you have seen it for yourself... i highly doubt that the congregation would be willing to accept this, and would have much to say to whoever is addressing the congregation.
I do however agree with you on Hillsong's business style approach to preaching the good book. Their style of teaching also concerns me, as i once went to "Wildlife" which is their youth group for teens. They had this point in the evening after the "Awesome bands" and the "Rad Skaters" where the "youth pastor" started asking people to put up their hands to show they want to become part of Gods family.
Now i dont know if the people who raised their hands had been considering it for a long time or not, but i for one felt compelled to raise my hand.
They pull you in with bands, skaters, rock climbing walls, games and then they guilt you into joining by saying stuff like "look at all these wonderful things that Jesus has given you" etc etc.
Doing it that way isnt cool at all.
dont get me started on the money and whatnot... cause then ill keep ranting
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