10 Things I don’t want to see or hear in church again (rant)
1. Someone use the phrase “Plugged in.”
2. Sermons that pretend to be expository but are really topical.
3. The Worship leader mini-sermon. Praise songs may be so poorly written they need an interpreter, but I don’t want to hear your three minute mini-sermon. It’s especially bad when all the vocalists each do one.
4. The collections mini-sermon. This is incredibly common out here in California and it may just be that its weird because I’m not used to it, but I have been to several services at different churches out here that had a 5-10 minute mini-sermon before the main sermon just on giving.
5. Pastors using multiple translations in the course of one sermon.
6. The three point fill in the blank handouts.
7. The invasion of pop-psychology into Sermons.
8. 40 Days of anything. I’d donate a 100 bucks to any church that does 41+ days of purpose/love/whatever.
9. Politics
10. Dispensationalism
January 29th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Nice!!!
January 30th, 2009 at 1:53 am
11) Diagrams involving bases. I’m tired of seeing discipleship made into four easy steps you discover in four two-hour sessions. Plus, last I checked that diagram was copyrighted for other purposes.
12) Cutesy uses of alliteration.
13) Discussions of the resurrection that imply the point of it was proving to the disciples that there was life after death.
January 30th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Exactly…
February 18th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Exactly what do you have against multiple translations?
February 18th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Mike: In my experience, multiple translations seem to be used to prooftext in ways that are not honest to the context. There is nothing inherently wrong with it, and I acknowledge there are cases where it is appropriate.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:23 am
You know, if this were Facebook, I would click on “Like” for this post.