Hey Pastor,
If you know or have heard me you know that I am in no way conventional. I have a passion to take the timeless truth in the scripture and communicate in a way that captures people's attention. I love that fact that people who question if there is a God come to Piedmont because we make them think. We have done some things that traditional church people would think is outrageous. I think that Piedmont is the "coolest" church in Middle Georgia.
However, there is a new thing that many pastors are doing. They are using words like damn, hell, and crap in their message. They are doing it in the name of being cool, relevant, and hip. My response is to say shut-up. If your content is so shallow that you have to use that kind of language, then you have nothing to say.
I love creativity, but that is not creativity...that is stupidity. So stop trying to be cool, start just being you, fall in love with Christ, and be more concerned with having something to say then how you say it.
Ok, all those who are not pastors can begin reading now
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Well. I'm not a pastor and I read the whole thing. But thank you for the post. I agree wholeheartedly (not that MY pastor says those words, he just says "stupid" which my kids still call the "S" word...)
I happen to think this applies to us as Christians as well. I'll admit that just this morning I said something was "crap" in a conversation and you've made me think... That was just stupid (there I go saying the "S" word) on my part and wasn't creative or Christ-like at all. Thanks for the reminder.
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