I had been watching this church's sermons online for some time. There alright for the most part. That is until Sunday, 8/14/2016. The theme was "What was I thinking?" and as a sermon illustration, he used an episode from Disney's "Walk the Prank".
Well I have a question. What was Kevin Myers thinking when he used this as a sermon illustration and when he called Mary's terror "entertaining"? A cursory internet search will turn up numerous cases of pranks resulting in severe injury or death, either to the target of the prank or one the one pulling the prank.
It's bad enough that these shows are made and people watch them, what is worse is when a church decides to use it in a sermon. Perhaps Kevin Myers needs to be reminded of Proverbs 24:17, "Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice." Schadenfreude and finding it entertaining is certainly not a Christian attitude.
But then to keep tickling the ears, you have keep coming up with new material or borrowing stuff from the culture at large to make church "hip" or "relevant". read more