Meet Ed Young. He's the tan, white toothed, skinny, shiny,
non-denominational, mega church, with multiple campuses preacher in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Everybody say hello to Preacher Ed.
This is a defibrillator. This is a device beginning
to pop up in all kinds of public places.
It is used to jump start a heart.
Everybody say hello to Mr. Defibrillator.
to pop up in all kinds of public places.
It is used to jump start a heart.
Everybody say hello to Mr. Defibrillator.
What do Preacher Ed and the defibrillator have in common....they both have a mission to jump start the heart.
You may have heard of Preacher Ed's latest preaching scheme. He's talkin' about sex. He's sayin' it's time to bring God into the bed and jump start marriages. He's preachin' that he wants his church members to not only think about his sermonizin' but he wants 'em to have sex for seven days in a row. He says that sex, as a spiritual gift from God, was given to be enjoyed and his congregation intends to enjoy it all on the same week.
Just think about it. Everyone in the church knows what their church friends are up to this week. A week of holy sex. Wow! And then after they "do it" they are supposed to email the church and share the results.
That's the story at Preacher Ed's church.
Over on the other side of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is the church I serve of which fifty percent of our members are over the age of 65....many of which are 70 and older.
On the day Preacher Ed is preachin' seven days of sex we had our first training session for the new defibrillator.
Some of us were wondering how Preacher Ed's sermon series would play at the church I serve. We would surely make use of that new defibrillator. We thought it might be a good idea to develop a check out system for the defib. if we are to adopt Preacher Ed's new "holy" sex week long work out.
All kidding aside: Sure Preacher Ed has some good points: sex is a gift from God; yes, the church has remained silent on issues surrounding sex; yes, the church can and should help their members maintain healthy relationships. However, a call from the preacher for a full-blown week of sex is a little over the top. What about those members who happen to be in abusive relationships? How about the ones who have sexual dysfunctions? This shallow publicity stunt couched in "theology" is not only a bit bizarre it is irresponsible.
I just hope Preacher Ed's churches have defibrillators on hand!
You may have heard of Preacher Ed's latest preaching scheme. He's talkin' about sex. He's sayin' it's time to bring God into the bed and jump start marriages. He's preachin' that he wants his church members to not only think about his sermonizin' but he wants 'em to have sex for seven days in a row. He says that sex, as a spiritual gift from God, was given to be enjoyed and his congregation intends to enjoy it all on the same week.
Just think about it. Everyone in the church knows what their church friends are up to this week. A week of holy sex. Wow! And then after they "do it" they are supposed to email the church and share the results.
That's the story at Preacher Ed's church.
Over on the other side of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is the church I serve of which fifty percent of our members are over the age of 65....many of which are 70 and older.
On the day Preacher Ed is preachin' seven days of sex we had our first training session for the new defibrillator.
Some of us were wondering how Preacher Ed's sermon series would play at the church I serve. We would surely make use of that new defibrillator. We thought it might be a good idea to develop a check out system for the defib. if we are to adopt Preacher Ed's new "holy" sex week long work out.
All kidding aside: Sure Preacher Ed has some good points: sex is a gift from God; yes, the church has remained silent on issues surrounding sex; yes, the church can and should help their members maintain healthy relationships. However, a call from the preacher for a full-blown week of sex is a little over the top. What about those members who happen to be in abusive relationships? How about the ones who have sexual dysfunctions? This shallow publicity stunt couched in "theology" is not only a bit bizarre it is irresponsible.
I just hope Preacher Ed's churches have defibrillators on hand!
2 comments:
Right. Right.Right.
Especially creepy=e-mails to one's pastor at the end of the week.
I'm glad I got out of my dysfunctional marriage before he heard THAT! - not that he even knows who Ed Young is --
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