Sermon Watch: Christian Art in a Japanese POW Camp from SouthLand Christian Church
November 19th, 2007 by Menachem Wecker
In its Organic Spirituality series, this week’s Southland Christian Church (Lexington, KY) Weekend Services podcast “Dead: Religiously Transmitted Diseases that Kill the Body” includes a compelling tale of religious art and music in a Japanese POW camp during WWII.
However great his message is, senior minister Jon Weece, pictured, makes a point of hypocritically, though humorously, trashing preachers of abundance like Joel Osteen, whom he doesn’t mention by name, even as he preaches his main message to “love your enemies.” To be fair, he does not chase after Osteen nearly to the extent that Mars Hill Church, Seattle, pastor Mark Driscoll does in his podcast, and Driscoll does mention Osteen by name. One wonders though why even the greatest voices calling for love and respect see a need to put down their own colleagues and their messages even within sermons about love.
Jason Says
I agree - good observation on Weece. I wonder what his motivation is, jealousy?
Nov 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 am