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September 10, 2008

After 3 decades of trying to help Christians tell their story in the media in a more compelling way, I find this.  I think I'm going to throw myself under a bus.

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by Joseph Bruno (not verified) on September 10, 2008 - 7:41pm

That was underwhelming.

Room for two under that bus?

by Chris Busch (not verified) on September 10, 2008 - 7:56pm

Please tell me this was produced at least 25 years ago.

by Amanda (not verified) on September 10, 2008 - 9:21pm

LOL, oh dear that's sad. I'm surprised I lasted one minute watching. How embaressing.

by Michael Buckingham (not verified) on September 10, 2008 - 9:21pm

Make sure you also don't miss "Jesus is my friend"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8&feature=rec-f resh

by Peter Brewer (not verified) on September 10, 2008 - 10:02pm

'I was about to mention 'Jesus is my friend'!! Haha! You beat me to it Michael. :)

by Simon Dillon on September 11, 2008 - 2:06am

Oh. My. Goodness. Its not even "so bad its good". Here's another corker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfdZMMFxDw

by Dave (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 2:31am

I am truly stunned! Did someone put them up to this for a bet? Please tell me Phil you didn't have them as clients..............ever!!

by Lee Miller (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 4:19am

That's what you get in a closed off cult . . .

by John (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 5:12am

I'll bet that dude gets all the promise ring chicks...

by Steve Murphy (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 6:57am

Somebody, please tell me that this is a joke... or a submission for a Saturday Night Live skit. That's just not right!

by mjb (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 7:43am

Anytime I see a rss headline like this from Phil, I assume he's going to post something embarrassing from our ministry.

How relieved I was to see it was Color Me White and the Cracker Band.

You know they rehearsed that for weeks and weeks and the thought that this was lame, never crossed there mind. The boom mic dates this video as not too distant.

Didn't they headline at the GOP convention this year?

I recognize the cutting edge staging.

mb

by Dave Kalahar (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 8:57am

Please stop the madness. I know someone who might think "we" should do this!

by Robert Winkler Burke (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 8:59am

We worship God in spirit and truth. Or we are supposed to.

What spirits were they of? Strange-fire, control, some lust, and lots of other very strange things that are not "in Christ."

This while two men on either side stood at podiums in approval of such shenanigans.

by Jarrod Skeggs (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 9:23am

Quick, someone, please gouge my eyes out. They're burning, really, really, bad.

by Brian (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 10:13am

I'd like to write something...but i'm simply shaking my head. I figure in a few minutes I'll wake up and things will be fine. But i fear that even in my WILDEST dreams...i could never come up with what i just witnessed.

by Rusty Goodwin (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 11:14am

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

by Tony Figueroa (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 12:28pm

I think I just died and went to BransonDon't laugh, they just signed a 5 year deal with TBN. They'll open for Carmen.

by Truett Hancock (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 1:24pm

I have extra razor blades for those of you who want to join me in slitting our wrists before we see it gets worse....

by Anthony Peterson (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 1:32pm

The moonwalking did it for me.

Hey, I've just got a great idea for a comedy - kinda like "The Office" but set in a Church...

ooh ooh - must fire up my laptop and start writing now!!!!!!

by Benjamin Armstrong (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 2:35pm

Absolutely astonishing.... I can't even think of a way to describe my feeling when I saw this! I'm just flat out stunned and I laughed out loud when I saw the first 5 seconds... Wow Phil I'm sorry that all your work has left us with these people still hanging around!

by TS (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 4:15pm
I'm in tears... can't remember when I've laughed so hard ...

This has got to be a skitp from your new "Thou Shalt Laugh" production, right? RIGHT?!?

TS

by nancy r (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 6:06pm

the way international..isn't that a cult

by Barry Armstrong (not verified) on September 12, 2008 - 9:55pm

I like it. Does that make me a bad person? (Rusty... you win)

by michael Dalton (not verified) on September 13, 2008 - 6:26pm

this has made my day...

by Jeanette Tostenson (not verified) on September 14, 2008 - 6:46pm

OMG - That is hilarious!:) I would put this in the same category as the "Top Gun" flying pastor program open we saw a couple of years ago.

by Mary Hutchinson (not verified) on September 16, 2008 - 10:13am

I keep wondering just who the target audience was for this? And what institution would they be kept in?

by T Bandy (not verified) on September 16, 2008 - 1:00pm

Hey Everyone:

Youtube has banned that video because of copyright! It's gone.

Does anyone have a backup?

by Nate (not verified) on September 17, 2008 - 1:17am

Yep, it's gone. I'd love to see what you guys were talking about!

by Phil on September 17, 2008 - 7:07pm

Hey - alert employee Cheryl Cashman found it again:

http://www.theway.org/Current/Mar07/Mar07Flash4.htm

by pete on September 17, 2008 - 11:52pm

Ouch!!!! And I see from their site that there are other clips available as well, for your listening and dancing pleasure...

by jschroter (not verified) on September 18, 2008 - 9:34am

At least I can take a little comfort in the fact that they're not Christians. It's actually a cult.

by Nate (not verified) on September 19, 2008 - 10:59am

Oh. My. Gosh.

This has to be a SNL skit. That guy in the middle - isn't that Will Ferrell with a funny hairdo? And the older lady - I think it's Dana Carvey back for a resurgence of the church lady.

Funny stuff.

by Cindy Knull (not verified) on September 19, 2008 - 11:59am

AAAH HA HA HA HA, HA HA HA HA aaaaaah HA HA HA HA HA.....also, John's comment about "...promise ring chicks" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

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