Thursday, August 12, 2010

Scripture or Script Tour?

10 comments:

  1. Thanks. I needed that. So do I get a toaster or something for helping to inspire?

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  2. You get to eat free at Chic-fil-A for the next five Sundays!! Just tell 'em Eddie sent ya.

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  3. Why not throw your link in so people will know what you're talkin' about. Everyone needs to read it!

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  4. I know a minister(?) who used scenes from The Matrix as sermon illustrations for weeks.

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  5. Andy kinda beat me to it: You just know there are "pastors" out there using Twilight illustrations and video clips, probably even basing their entire message on these movies/books. Let's hear it for RELEVANCY

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  6. In 2001, we moved to Miami, FL. We visited a church and the "preacher" was doing a series on the movie "Grinch" which was a new release at the time. Many video clips and references were used. No mention of anything from the truth of scripture was used however. We went there 3 times just to see how rediculous it could be... We learned more about the Book of Who than the Book of God! What a waste of time...

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  7. For years, the Unitarian ministers have preached from anything that "inspired" them. One week, it could be a poem of Kahil Gibran, the next, Blazing Saddles.

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  8. Mr. Eddings,
    Thanks for the offer. The link to the article referenced above is:
    http://scottweldon.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-church-needs-most.html


    And we used to eat at chic-fil-a on Sundays all the time, but we really left feeling a bit unsatisfied. Hmmm..

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  9. I could handle a few Blazing Saddles sermon illustrations!

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  10. This is what happens when the sermon illustration informs the sermon rather than illustrating the sermon - when it becomes the sermon. It's what it looks like when relevantism crosses the line into relativism.

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