Comments on: FWOTW: johnnythebaptist.org

By: J. Alan Wall

J. Alan Wall — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:40:01 +0000

His theme song cracks me up! I did download this thing and played it like ten time in a row one evening! I wonder if he plans on making it into a music video anytime soon?

By: Don

Don — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:40:15 +0000

2/3 the way down his home page is a annimated link showing Johnny running away from all those “evil” Bible versions to the KJB. You have to click on that and listen to the Fundy cover for “Johnny B Goode” re written as “Go, Go, Johnny the Baptist.” I bout wet my pants laughing at that one.

On the “Born Again Devil Fighters of Yesterday and today” Audio page it say: (and I quote)
NOTICE:
ALL SERMONS SUBMITTED WILL BE CHECKED OUT BY A GROUP OF PREACHERS FOR CONTENT AND LENGTH BEFORE BEING ADDED TO THIS PAGE.

NO ARTIFICIAL INSERMONATION HERE!

What an innuendo! Artifical INSERMONATION?? (I better not finish my thought about that here)

By: Rob Wagner

Rob Wagner — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:15:27 +0000

I hope its satire. But I wouldn’t doubt its real.

To ditto the other comments…wow is this guy stuck on himself. Did you hear in his song where he has some little kids or girls singing background saying “my hero” about Johnny the Baptist preacher? wow *shaking head*

By: Melody

Melody — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:20:54 +0000

This IS a joke, right? The whole site looks like a satire, especially the “How to know If you are an Independent, Fundamental, Baptist” link. It’s freakin’ hilarious!

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:28:32 +0000

I would hate to know that the health of a church depended on a man with witty quotes and slogans to bring his version of revival. When a man makes the statements about himself, it is obvious he does not carry the same authority as the Apostle Paul or Timothy. I feel in my Spirit that this man is not to be revered as someone who has spiritual authority to “bring revival” to my church; rather, it seems he would conforming Christ’s people into his image, as he reveres himself as a fireball preacher.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:22:28 +0000

Ummmm, did he use a SECULAR song tune for his theme song? The horror!!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:52:31 +0000

That’s sick! And, yeah, he sure is stuck on himself.

By: jj

jj — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:27:37 +0000

Just the sheer man/self-worship of it all is ridiculous. He has that intro about himself, he’s named himself the “Sermonator”, he has a theme song and poem about himself, and he basically claims that “revival” can’t come unless he’s doing the preaching. Sheesh! Where is Christ? Is He lifted up?!

And Amanda, regarding your #3… I listened to the sermon he has linked on the home page and he says “Truth changes nothing. Truth changes not one thing. It’s what YOU do with the truth.” Then he goes on to say, “There’s something here tonight more powerful than the Holy Ghost… listen to me, there’s something in this congregation that’s more powerful than the Holy Ghost! And that is the power of choice!” Ok, so we are more powerful than the Spirit?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:01:32 +0000

Regarding #4 in my last comment: not that I would know that or anything.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:55:12 +0000

A few thoughts:

1. I find it ironic that his “Born Again Devil Fighters School” (http://johnnythebaptist.com/BADFSchool.html) has on its sign “To God’s Frozen Chosen.” At least in my neck of the woods, the term “frozen chosen” refers to Presbyterians. Somehow I doubt that is a group that “Johnny the Baptist” would love to be associated with (or vice versa).

2. Another irony: on the main page, he states that one of the site’s purposes is “To expose those who are fleecing the flock and misrepresenting my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” A mere two paragraphs down he goes on to say, “I thank my friends who have kept this ministry alive through their prayers and sacrificial gifts.” Interesting…

3. Don’t get me started on the whole idea that revivals are the work of people, not the Holy Spirit (though God does use men and women to accomplish that)! Granted this idea is not unique to IFBs – after all, Finney was hardly a Baptist – but all the same, it’s definitely a predominant assumption among most (but thankfully not all) IFBs. Last I checked, it is God who saves (Ephesians 2:4-10, Romans 9:16, John 6:44).

4. Serminator? Really? And IFBs accuse evangelicals of being gimmicky and appealing to the world (in this case, movies) to “win souls!”