Comments on: Only Having One Pulpit

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:27:42 +0000

I think I might have been there that night. Countless hours spent in those hate-filled bus conference preachings.

We got extra-credit in bible class for going.

By: lol

lol — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:40:45 +0000

No…the “Pastor’s School” is what they called it.. (aka conference)….they church was always maxed out as was the city itself…so many “of their graduates”…were selected to start churches all over the US….kind of like recruiting..

They told my brother his lot in life was a pastor…he is the last person who should ever be a pastor…he has since realized and actually gotten on with his life.

By: lol

lol — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:37:25 +0000

Unfortunately…my parents sent me to “HIS” school for 14 years. One thing I will never forget: My friend’s Dad was his body guard…and when her Dad died…at the funeral he said “Mr. ________ no longer needs me…he has God now”….I will never forget it.

Jack Hyles is dead now…and I wonder where he will be spending eternity….one day we will find out.

I HATED going to this church to visit…it was weird from the moment I stepped in the door.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:20:59 +0000

Not to beleauger the point, but I just was wondering if someone could clarify this who is more familiar? I guess I always assumed, and perhaps wrongly so, that a speaker in these circles would only speak at conferences where they were very much alike in practice? That’s why I was thinking that perhaps the conference was in a rented facility and he was not referring to the actual conference participants, but it was perhaps more directed to the type of church that was the leaser of the facilities??? Or am I offbase and the speaker did speak at conferences which had a more diverse crowd which perhaps agreed on the core fundamentals of the faith, but didn’t always agree on the other issues? (pants, KJV, music, etc.) I am a Christian and am not familiar very much with these circles, but I have met some of them and they have been very nice people whom I would consider friends. Therefore, my assumptions could be off.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:44:40 +0000

Does anyone know what kind of conference he was referring to when speaking about the dual pulpits at the conference? It must have been a pretty large conference if they had to maybe rent out another facility? Although I don’t know; that’s a total guess. My guess is that the conference wouldn’t endorse dual pulpits, but rather it was too big and they used rented facilities.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:00:22 +0000

doesn’t he kinda look like Darth Vadar when he was trying to lure Luke at Cloud city? hmmmm

By: susan

susan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:57:00 +0000

I attended the most fundamental church in the whole wide world. We were there for 6 years .Were still trying to sort things out. We’ve been brainwashed and I’m ashamed of that. We now listen to different styles of music (some that have a beat or two in them) I wear pants and have short hair. My boys have watched “Ghost Busters”. and it didn’t open any unwanted doors. My son is now going to a secular high school. I use to homeschool. I’m buying a big screen tv with my blueberrie picking money. I’ve stopped being condescending to my unsaved neighbors. I’m no longer worried that my daughter who has Tourette Syndrome is demon possessed. OUr home library has included many more books other than “Laura Ingalls” and “Pilgrim’s Progress” over the last few years. Why I can just see the look of horror on my pastor’s wife face as I roar with laughter over “Erma Bombeck”. We do own “The sound of Music” but it’s beside the Santa Claus movie with Tim Allen in it.. Oh No.. What has happened to us. ????

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:14:25 +0000

An entire message without a single scriptural reference!

This is what is wrong with fundamentalism these days. The movement started out with good intentions. But it’s been taken over by people who claim to care about truth and the Bible, but have so little respect for the Bible, that they can preach a message with no scriptural backing at all.

And to those who don’t like to see this kind of thing called out, get over it. The more ridiculous and cult like the leaders of the fundamentalist movement act, the more they will be made fun of. If you want to be taken seriously, you can’t act like a crazy lunatic or cult leader.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:10:24 +0000

[side note]

DJ, I think I know you. Not sure if you’ll see this post or not, but did you attend MCA in Alamo, Texas? My sister, younger brother and I were there during your senior year, if I remember correctly. Shoot me an e-mail at esky@juno.com if you want. If that’s not you, then never mind.

[/side note]

By: Darrell

Darrell — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:38:20 +0000

It is easy to criticize, but how do we make an honest effort at helping them?

It’s a valid question. I think you first have to ask the question “what drives people into radical fundamentalism” before you can reason out how to reach them where they are.