Hillsong's monkey business

From the same people that brought us Mr. Sparkle, comes...The Monkey. It's a whole new type of  "worship" experience. Or maybe it's just a silly dance/exercise thing?  

We're not sure, but we think we may have spotted a golden calf in there somewhere.

Aren't you glad your kids are off the street at nights and are attending, well... church?

- HT: www.churchwatchcentral.com

'Ekstasis worship'?

Did you know Patricia King wants you to experience Ekstasis Worship? We will let Patricia King introduce you to this bizzarre worship experience:

"Have you ever heard the term 'Ekstasis worship'? No? Well many people haven't. It's a powerful word. It's a Greek word that means... well you'll find out in a little while. Because I want to introduce to you Caleb Brundidge.

He's one of our itinerant ministries. But also a worshiper with so much passion. In fact if you've been to any of our conference, you would see Caleb flagging and worshiping God and opening up the heavens and operating in a real breaker level anointing.

He is actually a DJ as well and leads a lot of Christian events and weddings and you know, High School events and things like that. So if you would like to know more about him, he's on our itinerant page on our website. But today, he's going to tell you about Club Mysterio and about the Ekstasis worship that takes place to bring those times of gathering together. So it's my privilege to introduce to you Caleb Brundidge."

She aired this following segment on XP media. (You can see Patricia King 55 seconds in.)

Here's a promo video to introduce people to Ekstasis "worship," where you "disengage the mind and experience God at a cellular level" (or maybe you just dance around a bunch):

 The Elijah List allowed Caleb Brundidge to explain his teachings more. To read more on this (and, surprise! buy his CDs), click here.

Wrecking Ball of a "Praise Song"

Could someone explain to us the purpose of having a church's praise band perform Miley Cyrus's song, Wrecking Ball? Newspring Church, under the "pastoral care" of Perry Noble did exactly that.

Makes perfect sense if you think about it. Miley Cyrus is a paragon of Christian virtues and morality...cough...well... she was rated G years ago when she was Hannah Montana. But, clearly she's made some effort to shed the G rating and is now rated PG-13... no, R... no, is it X?

Video from Newspring's Church performance is posted below; notice how they projected the lyrics so that the people at Newspring Church could sing along, just like a praise song. This is done under the very mistaken idea that "we have to get unbelievers into church anyway we can!" 

A viewer comment from the YouTube page says it well (quoting C.H. Spurgeon): "A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats."

Are you ready for the Word?

Founding pastor Brian Houston of Hillsong Church asked his Hillsong Church London, "Are you ready for the Word?" This was the response to Brian Houston's question:

 Did you know that Galatians 5:1 means Christ has set us free to "move it, move it"?

Here are some of the lyrics to the above song:

"We don't party hardly, we just party hard

And not because we're bored

We do it cos we're born again!"

This idolatry piece get's even weirder at 5:30, when Mister Sparkly makes an appearance. You've gotta admit, this is one amazingly elaborate and professional production. If attracting  a large audience and then whipping them into a frenzy is the goal, Hillsong is very successful. 

Because I'm Happy?

What function does this serve in a Christian church service? Oh yeah, it brings lots of people to church when you have your band play a secular pop song. At least this band is really good: the lady is a great singer and percussionist, and what talented musicians (listen to the lead guitarist blasting away!); but this is a TOTAL DISTRACTION from the GOSPEL!!! 

Recorded live at Cornerstone Ministries on December 24, 2014 during one of the Christmas Eve programs called "Glorious." For more information, please visit www.cornerstoneworshiplive.net.

 

Want to Grow Your Church? Advertise Sex.

Here is yet another example of a church that believes that in order to grow they have to take out billboard advertising with a provocative and controversial message.

This is not original or innovative. It's getting old. For more examples of this spend time perusing the "Christian Erotica" wing of the Museum of Idolatry.

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Dancing Storm Troopers for Easter

Did your church dazzle you with the spectacle of dancing storm troopers on Easter? If not, then you're really missing out. Here's what you would have seen if you had been at Church of the Rock in Winnipeg, Canada.

This video was made by a couple who went to this "church service" just out of sheer curiosity (kind of like driving by the scene of an accident):