Posted on 08/13/2023 10:07:22 AM PDT by CFW
So this morning, hubby and I visited a nearby church after having been invited by a neighbor. After the musical portion of the service, the pastor stood on the stage and asked us to turn in our Bibles to Ephesians 1.
He then started to speak of discipleship and for examples, instead of reading from the Bible itself, he started speaking of a Dr. Suess book. Next, he moved to Disney movies and stated, "As anyone will tell you, I'm a big fan of Disney".
Six to 7 minutes in, and he had yet to read from the Bible.
The church pews were filled and at least one-third of those in attendance was pre-teen and teen girls and boys.
Hubby and I got up and left. We felt that to stay would indicate we too were supporters of Disney and its policies.
My question........ Is this a nationwide thing being pushed in today's churches? Is anyone else seeing and hearing an endorsement of Disney by pastors and teachers in church?
just more evidence of dead churches everywhere
I went to a Messianic Jewish service
Yesterday...
I find it joyful,Reverent,Informative and very Scripture centered .
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Today’s Christian is Very shallow.
I remember hearing once a pastor talking about what it would look like if Satan took over.
In a nutshell he said “If Satan took over, the streets would be clean, there would be no profanity or prostitution, and the churches would be full every Sunday, where Christ isn’t preached.”
So many churches today are gone totally off the rails. It is getting harder and harder to find a good bible teaching church. It has been sad to see so many of the the main stream conservative denominations spiral into seeker sensitive, luke warm, leftist garbage.
On a positive note, at least you live in God’s country. Go Dawgs.
Unfortunately, a lot of churches ⛪️ are lukewarm.
It sounds like a timewaster, at best. You did well to leave.
If a parish caters to popular thought as a starting point, it has already become an object to avoid in terms of a “church home.”
“It sounds like a timewaster, at best. You did well to leave.”
Thank you for agreeing. We felt we had no choice. I go to church to worship God, hear his Word, and receive insights from the pastor which are gained from his study of the scriptures. I enjoying seeing other people come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, but to do that they need to hear the scriptures and the Word of God. None of that was present at this church.
If I wanted to hear the “wonderful” things that Disney brings to people, I could have stayed home and watched CNN or read the WaPo.
Not where we go in Snohomish, WA.
As an aside, we visited a church in Kirkland, WA years ago. The pastor did not even quote Scripture!
Not the case in my Mississippi Catholic Church, but if you want to be harangued about global warming and environmentalism I have a few Jesuit run Catholic Churches in NOLA I can direct you to. Further on the down side my own rather conservative RC church hosts a weekly “youth mass” where the average age looks to be in the mid seventies.
Churches are in trouble and I don’t see any sign that the situation will improve in either the RC church or mainstream Protestant denominations. A God who makes demands on people just is not cool these days. His job is to sit in heaven and wait to answer the phone when poor decision making fouls things up.
Had the liturgist read from Ephesians as the passage that the minister was speaking from/about? My guess, from your statement, is the answer is “no.” I would then have thought that the minister would have read from it. I have been to services where a classic Disney movie has been mentioned as an example for folks, especially the children can relate to, but never a long discourse as you mentioned.
No. You did well to leave.
We would have done the same. I unfortunately spent most of my youth in a mainstream protestant church where the Lord did not come first, so I look for Bible believing churches when I am not able to attend our local church. If you see a rainbow flag hanging from your church, it likely means they are spouting gender ideology, not to remind you of the Noah-ic Covenant.
Do not darken the door of that church.
“Churches are in trouble and I don’t see any sign that the situation will improve in either the RC church or mainstream Protestant denominations.”
I just wondered if a general Sunday morning message suggestion had gone out to pastors of Baptist churches this week that included an endorsement of Disney, or if this was an isolated incident.
Not here in North Idaho Thank God!
For right now, there still preaching the Bible-Inspired Gospel for the most part.
There are some churches preaching a watered down, distorted gospel but they seem to be in the minority.
Preaching “Disney” is of course totally not allowed in the Orthodox Church!!!
It used to be unheard of in the Lutheran Church when I was there back when!
Methodist?
You did the right thing in leaving. Any pastor who supports Disney and does so from the pulpit is off the reservation.
I’m interested if that will happen.
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