Comments on: A Shocking Response From Many Major TV Ministries

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:36:00 +0000

Now, I do have righteous indignation at these false prophets, but I’m a little ticked off at your political correctness in not naming names ,are you so worried about hurting their feelings,or that they might start to cry. Are you kidding me, THESE ARE PEOPLE SOULS AT STAKE, and the stakes don’t get any higher than that I can assure you. The jokers and that’s what they are, deserve to be outed, and the sooner the better. You have people who support these Judases and don’t realize the hurt they are doing to the Body of Christ.
Lord God give us people with backbone to call a spade a spade. Boy, I’m glad Paul didn’t take that route with Peter, he called him out on the carpet and to his face in front of the body of believers, he didn’t care about hurting Peters feelings. He knew the souls of mankind were at stake.

By: Myrichgirl

Myrichgirl — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:03:00 +0000

I’m in shock about your findings but not surprised. How do our men and women of God stand up and caa themselves Christians. I’m inspired though to explore ways that we can offer training to aid new believers to know The Word and grow. Thank you for doing your research

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By: AJL

AJL — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“I’m shocked! shocked, do you hear me, that there is gambling going on in this establishment!” “Here are your winnings sir!”

I am not shocked at all. Sad, not shocked. Years ago, I sat in a church choir…for two years, sat in the church choir and NO ONE asked me if I had a personal relationship with Jesus, never even discussed what I believed. I had NO idea why reading the Bible might be important and yet there I was, Sunday after Sunday singing along with the living dead. So, a ministry not addressing the most basic need of those that “use” their services? Not shocked at all.

It is my estimation that about 70% of those that attend church, tithe regularly and are active are not saved. The reason that I feel that way is that I look at their fruit. It does not take a genius to realize the blatant disregard for those dear pew potatoes. The Gospel has not been heard in a long in many churches. And they may not be lukewarm if they REALLY knew Jesus, they’d be HOT, HOT, HOT or counting the cost, they would leave. Even Jesus warned…”On that day, they will cry Lord, Lord…get away from me you evil doers. I never knew you.” Mat 7:23.

By: Powerhouse

Powerhouse — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow! I can understand though. When I was a teenager I donated to this TV ministry. They somehow got multiple misspellings of my name in their database. I got multiple letters SENT ESPECIALLY TO ME with a message from heaven to give them more money. My favorite was a small plastic baggie containing what was supposedly a few grains of concrete. I was instructed to pray over the concrete and send it back with a big offering so a temple could be built. Whacky!

By: nosuprise

nosuprise — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

really no suprise at all. Most of these ministries are often times affiliated with very liberal theological stances….if you don’t believe the gospel yourself-how can you tell others about it? Is anything that is on TBN, daystar, etc really worth watching. The last worthwhile Christian TV/movie I saw that had the gospel in it, was Fireproof….Daystar should just broadcast John McAurthor, Jon Piper, or Randy Alcorn, or someone that holds firm to the precious Word of God for free (without charging the ministries) to ensure decent preaching is coming across the airwaves…

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

To me, the shocking thing is that Mary really thinks these ministries exist to win the lost. As I see it, most of these ministries exist to sell themselves.

By: Daniel Hahn

Daniel Hahn — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I can’t say I’m surprised. I’ve been disgusted with TV ministry for several years now. Like Mary said, it’s an industry–a badge of arrival. Most churches I know of consider a radio/tv ministry to be a major goal, and when they get there, they “have arrived.” Disgusting. What’s the point? I don’t think they know, as Mary has illustrated.

I have to say, though, as a Youth Pastor, this has at least served to remind me why I do what I do. I get so caught up in my programs and systems, that I forget to just love on people, meet them where they are, and share the gospel.

By: telee

telee — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I read this and immediately went to our staff and asked what we do. Evidently, we send a letter with the plan of salvation along with my Dad’s little booklet “Your New Life” which also has the plan of salvation along with what to do after you make the decision. That would be it. I’m thinking we would do well with a prepaid response card of some sort that they could just drop in the mail.

This post made me almost physically ill. If we all only knew how much we were going to be held accountable to God then I believe that 1) half the people that are in “ministry” would get out and 2) the rest of us would proceed with fear and humility. When will we, collectively, begin to take God and ministry seriously again?