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H.B. London on his blog, “The Heart of a Pastor” posted an article titled “By Any Means.” He presented several very significant questions about the self-proclaimed “TV Pastors” that are on the Christian cable channels 24/7.

Mr. London tried to imagine himself as a layperson watching these programs and wondered about the thoughts going through such a person’s minds:

• What did they think of the evangelist who minimized the importance of any style of worship other than his own?
• What did they feel like when their potential for healing was tied to an offering they might “send in”?
• How would the average small-church attendee deal with the extravagant “show biz” atmosphere so often displayed?
• Is being poor or sick a “sin issue”?
• And how would they reconcile the appearance of great wealth and opulence from these messengers, knowing the average pastor in America lives from one small paycheck to the next?

I believe that H.B. has pin-pointed some significant issues here. What do YOU think?

I applaud H.B. for his candor in questioning these things. But I am humbled by his wisdom in applying the words of Paul, “I have become all things to all men so that, by all possible means, I might save some” (1 Cor. 9:22) and praying, “Oh God, by whatever means, save some.”

Read the article on H.B.’s site here: http://hblondon.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/by-any-means.html

Evangelist & short-term missionary George (TC) Wells was our special guest today at Agape’ Fellowship. He spoke to our congregation on “worship” and it was good.

Real worship is sometimes defined as setting our entire focus on God. When one is in true worship, all other interests fall by the wayside – only our communion with God is important. (I will deal with the matter of “focus” in a later article.)

There were several other significant points that TC presented concerning true worship:

• It is bound in sincere humility before God
• It requires us to be in total submission to God
• It is linked to a deep reverence & awe of our God
• It cannot happen in the absence of unquestioning love for God

I believe that it is very significant that Bishop Isaacs posted an article on “Genuine Humility” in the previous article! Perhaps our Father is trying to tell us something? Pride (spiritual and all of the other iterations) is rampant in our society today. And the Scripture advises us that it is a precursor to destruction: Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

Listen to the podcast below:

[podcast]080622_TC_Humility.mp3[/podcast]