I watched the first minute and turned it off. The use of "media" in the church has always been troubling to me. TV Preachers, now Internet Baptisms-it has always seemed so contrived in some way that I cannot explain. Maybe I'm way too old fashioned, but it almost seems like an artificial gospel. Can one be saved, and become a Disciple of Christ without leaving the home? (A rhetorical question to be sure) I may be way off base here, but there are so many in this country that proclaim themselves as "Christians" but do not do anything, I wonder how many of them get their fill of the gospel an hour on TV each Sunday and say "that's enough."
The richness and mystery of the gospel is compromised by things like this. There is something small about experiencing Christianity literally in a box. Again-I may be wrong.
A native of Houston, Texas, Todd served as youth pastor in churches in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Todd was called as the first pastor of Metro East Baptist Church in September of 1999. In November 2008 Todd became the Teaching Pastor of Church of the Saviour in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Following a call to the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), Todd became the Lead Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, VA in August of 2013.
He is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Todd and his wife, Karen, have been married since 1990 and have three children: Kate, Ryan, and Matthew.
"Therefore the Christ who is grasped by faith and who lives in the heart is the true Christian righteousness, on account of which God counts us righteous and grants us eternal life."
Martin Luther
"The Gospel is sheer good tidings, not demand but promise, not duty but gift."
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I can't put a many words around it right now but, I find this sad.
I watched the first minute and turned it off. The use of "media" in the church has always been troubling to me. TV Preachers, now Internet Baptisms-it has always seemed so contrived in some way that I cannot explain. Maybe I'm way too old fashioned, but it almost seems like an artificial gospel. Can one be saved, and become a Disciple of Christ without leaving the home? (A rhetorical question to be sure) I may be way off base here, but there are so many in this country that proclaim themselves as "Christians" but do not do anything, I wonder how many of them get their fill of the gospel an hour on TV each Sunday and say "that's enough."
The richness and mystery of the gospel is compromised by things like this. There is something small about experiencing Christianity literally in a box. Again-I may be wrong.
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