I think maybe I’ve figured it out. Apparently T. Dexter is getting ready to change professions. Apparently he is about to become a secular concert and entertain event producer. That is the only reason I can see for some of the guests he is inviting to The ‘Mess 2006. Either that or he thinks you are some incredibly stupid people.

In a concert called “The Celebration of Unity” ‘Mess organizers are going to have Aretha Franklin, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, Kelly Price…”and more” strutting their stuff. Notice I didn’t say “ministering to the attendees.”

Why do I get the feeling that the only thing unifying these performers is name recognition and their ability to draw a crowd? Aretha Franklin is the uncontested queen of Soul. If you don’t know who she is, not only are you not an authentic Black but you must have been living in a cave for the last thirty-five years. Why is she performing? At best her connection to the Gospel and the Christian life has been tenuous during those thirty-five years.

I’ll give McClurkin, Hammond, and Caesar a pass. Though they are likely more performers than ministers, they are active and have been active in gospel music.

But then we get to Kelly Price. One of the things I like about writing this blog is the fact that I have to learn a lot of new things. One of the things I have been learning is the personalities in secular music. At first blush that would seem kind of curious since I am doing a Christian Apologetics blog. But given the intermingling of the secular with the Christian, perhaps it shouldn’t be that surprising.

But back to Kelly Price. Until this year, Ms. Price has apparently been a secular performer; a rather successful secular performer. I checked on some of the lyrics of her songs and they reflect the immoral view of sexuality and intimacy displayed by most of the current crop of popular singers. I won’t even bother to post some of the sleazier lyrics. But before any of you accuse me of looking just at her past, I recognize that Ms. Price is being featured in a Gospel album entitled “God’s Gift.” So maybe she has, within the last year, committed her life to Jesus Christ. Maybe.

Is it just me or do the rest of you think it’s somewhat presumptuous to feature a person who is better known for their secular productions than for being featured on a religious album just now being released? Why do I get the feeling that this concert is more about generating revenue and publicity than about teaching people how to live holy and acceptable lives to God (Romans 12:1,2)?

T. Dexter is also featuring Gerard Henry, the creator and host of BET’s Gospel music video show “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” He says his primary goal is to “motivate people to use their gifts to bring honor and glory to God.”

Of course you do know that BET doesn’t stand for Black Entertainment Television right?. I used to think it did. But then I spent some time watching it. That was when I decided the acronym actually stands for “Booties Exposed Tonight.”

Here is a two-fold why question: Why would someone produce a gospel program to be broadcast on such an ungodly network as BET? And please don’t tell me that it is to attract the unsaved who watch BET. If that’s the case, why not pay to broadcast that show and others on some of the adult entertainment cable channels?

Second why: Why is T. Dexter bringing in a man who would work for a network that broadcasts such negative-imaged sewage? Who next - Larry Flynt? Afterall, Larry professed to be a Christian something like fifteen years ago.

T. Dexter Jakes | 34 Comments »

Did you ever watch a train wreck in slow motion? It’s awful to watch and you know exactly how it’s going to end. But somehow, you just can’t take your eyes off of it. It’s looking more and more like Tony Evans is being seduced by Darth Long and the Dark Side. And while it’s fascinating to watch, it’s also really depressing to watch. Several weeks ago, I pointed out that Evans has been invited to speak at Club Newbirth. Take a look here to see the invite. This wondrous event is supposed to happen in September.

It could be that Fast Eddie put Evans’ name on the speakers list without Evans’ knowledge. Remember, someone pointed out earlier that the fact that a person was invited to a Goat Rope doesn’t mean that person has any intention of attending the subject Goat Rope. And that’s true. I’ve invited President Bush, Prince Charles, Andrew Young and a host of other bigwigs to speak at the various pimpocidal conferences Pulpit-Pimps.org has held in the past. I even announced that they were going to be speakers. Unfortunately they never showed. Fortunately, the events were free to the public and all I had to do was apologize for their lack of consideration in not showing up. Of course, with their names on the program, I got thousands more people attending than I would have otherwise.

Okay, I’ve never held a conference. But you get the idea.

If you take a look here, you will see that some of this is not a case of Fast Eddie inviting someone who had no intention of attending. At Evan’s site, you will see that he has invited Fast Eddie to address the pastors and church managers during the Church Development Conference. But maybe, you might say, he wants to Get Fast Eddie there so he can confront him on a thing or two , like the sperm thing, or Long’s association with Creflo Dollar.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem very likely in light of some of the other activities going on. Take a look at this. It’s an ad Fast Eddie has been sending out to the faithful, advertising the approaching publication of his new book “It’s Your Time.”

The endorsers include Myles Monroe, Andrew Young, Robert (I Wish I Was Norman Vincent Peale) Schuller and down at the bottom where you might not notice it (insert a dramatic drum roll here please), Tony Evans.

Yep. He says Fast Eddie speaks with truth and great power. You can see the man going from orthodox teachings to endorsing those who preach doctrines very much apart from orthodoxy. It won’t be too long before he embraces them himself. Maybe.

Here’s what you should do: Pray for young Jedi Apprentice Evans. Pray for him and write to him. Call him out on what he appears to be doing. Make him explain to you exactly what he is doing and why. Here’s the address:

The Urban Alternative
PO Box 4000
Dallas Texas 75208

The website is www.tonyevans.org

For you slugs out there, the phone number is 1-800-800-3222. Yes, the number is correct. I called it to make sure.

For those of you who may want to continue to make excuses for him, give the organization a call and ask the hard questions. Those questions are:

· Why are you speaking at an Eddie Long sponsored conference?
· Why have you invited Eddie Long to speak at a conference you are hosting?
· Why are you endorsing a book by Eddie Long when the book appears to go counter to God’s expectations and promises in the believer’s life?

If he is in fact beginning the pimp game with you, you will either get a generic response thanking you for your support, or some implausible appeal to scripture. He (or his staff) may even tell you it is inappropriate to judge others. If they tell you this, you will know for certain that you have been pimped.

If you write or call or send an e-mail and you get a response, please forward the response to my e-mail address. I will gather your responses together and put tem out here for the readers to see.

If I am wrong and young Luke Skywalker is not moving toward the Dark Side, I’ll drop the whole thing. But if I’m not wrong…

By the way, a thank you to TheologicallyCorrect for the graphics idea. I love it.

Pulpit Pimps | 20 Comments »

Given that I don’t have to look real hard for stuff about the pimps, and the things they say, I also want to make sure I note when things change.

Case in point: Steve Harvey.

Last year, Mr. Harvey maintained a site that presented his routines. They had language that would have made a sailor blush. I complained about this when talking about the fact that he was to be a “guest” at the ‘Mess 2005. I even presented expurgated clips from his site.

Things changed. I went back out to his site this evening to make sure the things I said were still true. I was very pleasantly surprised to see that the site had completely different content. The outrageously vulgar humor is gone. Most of the clips are from his radio show broadcast in Los Angeles. And while he is still crude (one of the clips was “Ten Ways to Tell That Your Wife Hasn’t Gotten Over Her Ex-Husband.”) there were no expletives.

While I still question the rationale for having Harvey host a segment of the ‘Mess, I will readily state that he has cleaned up his web site tremendously.

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This posting is not, I repeat, is not a rail against a pimp or a pimpette. Oprah Winfrey has nothing but my admiration with respect to capitalist accomplishments. Remember, I am a stone capitalist and I see nothing wrong with making money in exchange for a product offered. In Oprah’s case, she offers entertainment. And she is a brilliant entrepreneur. So whatever you walk away from the posting with, it should not be that I am upset because Oprah is rich, filthy rich, really, really, I-can’t-even-imagine-what-it’s-like rich.

If you’ve been to the site recently, you have probably had a chance to take a look at a clip from the Oprah show and see what Ms. Winfrey thinks of Jesus Christ. If not, take a look here. The clip is about two minutes long.

As you can see, she has a very low opinion of the Creator of the Universe. According to her, He is simply one of millions of equally valid ideas and ways to God, however you may envision him, her, or it. How many knowledgeable Christians are going to say Jesus showed up and showed out (1:27 in the next video)?

Certainly I don’t blame Oprah for her blindness. She can’t help it. She is, theologically speaking, a high paid Bubba (click here) (2 Cor 4:3,4). No amount of money, sophistication, or accomplishment will help a person see past the spiritual blindness all unbelievers suffer.

Just a while back, Oprah was doing her Legends thing and religious emotionalism reared its ugly head at the gathering. It was really sad to watch.

All the biggies were there: Pastor Shirley Ceasar, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan, and Pattie (Voulez-vous coucher) Labelle - sans her back-up team of lingerie-clad hotties. Oh, and did I mention Gladys Knight was there too?

Now let’s think about this. Gladys Knight was there. You may remember that Gladys Knight IS A MORMON! Here, let make it a little clearer for you. Mormons not only deny the deity of Jesus Christ, they worship their god Adam. She was busy singing songs and getting carried away with the moment.

Interestingly enough, Patti LaBelle was really getting down on the song “Changed” which apparently speaks of my life being changed through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

My problem with this event? Here is a list of spots on the clip. As you listen to each segment, ask yourself if these people are getting the truth or being lulled into a stupor resulting in what will probably be an eternal separation from God?

1. Time 4:14 Diane Sawyer
2. Time 4:23-30 Alicia Keyes
3. Time 4:38 , 44 Janet Jackson (Yes, that Janet Jackson)
4. Time 5:03 , 19 Alicia Keyes

These people are being lied to. They are being encouraged to allow an experience to determine their “truth” about God. It seemed more about emotion than about the pursuit of the truth, more about performing than about following Jesus Christ. And Oprah, who has the ear of the world, for all intents and purposes, is at the head of the crowd, pandering to emotionalism and feeding the world lies about God, Jesus Christ, and Christianity. And the supposed superstars of the Gospel circuit were helping them go down that road. I would suggest that the Gospel, being rightly presented doesn’t make people feel good. Rather it makes them fall on their faces in shame and humility.

Of course I understand that if Oprah spoke the truth she would not be one of the world’s richest and most powerful women. But it’s still fun to think that someone as powerful as her might speak the truth instead of saying the same thing every one else says. Oh well. Pray for her. Pray for Diane Sawyer. And yes, pray for Janet Jackson and her wardrobe.

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Ladies and Genetlemen, my apologies for allowing the bit of spam to leak through. We are tinkering with the site, to fight spam automatically and apparently the switches weren’t exactly right. Again, my apologies. We’ve gone back to a manual mode.

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We’ve read over and over again that T. Dexter (aka T. D. Jakes) knew he was going to e a preacher even when he was a child. He has told us repeatedly that he used to preach as a six or eight years old. Did you ever wonder what that may have looked like? While cruising around on YouTube, I found this boy preacher. And I suspect he may be a reincarnation of T. Dexter…or Jamal-Harrison Bryant…or John Jenkins or any other pimp who talks alot, gets the people wound up, and says very little.

It’s amazing to watch the boy (I tend to think of him as a pimpling) say all the phrases the pimps use while he never really says anything at all. But then again, that’s kind of what the pimps do. They never really say anything at all. And like the adults in the audience listening to this child, T. Dexter’s audience gets worked up for no reason.

Click on the center button and give a listen.

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I have some extra time on my hands these days and as a result, I have been able to learn some new things. Those skills just make it easier for me to bring out the foolishness the pimps engage in. It gives me the technology to make sure you don’t think I am making any of this stuff up.

The clip below was done by what I will assume is an unsaved person. But notice that even they can see that these pimps are nothing more than wolves in sheep’s clothing.

The clips cover a fairly wide expanse of time. But notice that the pimps don’t get better as they go along, just slicker and more outrageous.

Oh, if you’re curious about the woman in black who was bent over, running around, she was telling us that the people in church need a - I kid you not - a Holy Ghost enema. And maybe that explains why Benny Hinn is the way he is. The woman in black is his wife.

Click on the arrow in the middle of the image. The clip is about five minutes long.

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So let’s talk about MegaMess 2006 a little more. This year the ‘Mess is brought to you by T. Dexter Jakes, Coca Cola, Pine-Sol, Gospel Toady (and no, I didn’t misspell the name), Delta Airlines, Nationwide Insurance, Kraft Foods, Clorox, and someplace in there, maybe by God. The interesting thing about all the sponsors is that with them the good bishop can do whatever he wants, inviting who ever he wants without being accountable to anyone, not even God. I’ve already railed earlier about bringing the world in to sponsor religious (even if he keeps trying to deny the religious aspect) events. I won’t harp on that in this posting.

Last year, at the ‘Mess 2005, the women of God were addressed by Gladys Knight, an up and coming Mormon. Christians were entertained by Steve “Filthy Mouth” Harvey and were crooned to by Patti Labelle, who still, by the way, sings “Lady Marmalade.” Only now she sings it with some hotties in lingerie singing back up. I would show you the picture but I don’t want to “stumble” any of the brothers out there. (more…)

T. Dexter Jakes | 22 Comments »

Don’t forget the No Other Gods Conference being held in Pennsylvania next month. I posted an announcement a couple of months ago and thought it a good idea to remind the readers of the event.
If I were one of the pimps I would probably sound something like this:

You have to attend this conference. YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!! Hear the anointed speakers as the anointing of God flows into the room and the Glory of God makes your skin tingle!!! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be mightily blessed by God!!!!

But since I’m not one of the pimps I am limited to telling you that the conference presents an outstanding opportunity to understand what the cults and false religions believe and teach. One fellow will even be discussing the likes of Creflo Dollar, Frederick K. C. Price, and my main man, Ken Copeland.

It’s an opportunity to be in an environment in which you are encouraged to think critically. It presents an opportunity for you to know what you believe and why you believe it. And it presents an opportunity for you to rub elbows with other folks willing to call a pimp a pimp (well, they may not use quite that phraseology, but you get the idea.)

Sign up and make the commitment to attend. Besides, if you really want to give me trouble, I will be there and you can harass me in person.

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The subjects of these postings are either crazy or think you are incredibly stupid.

I’m not going to talk much about this clip of Fast Eddie delivering one of his classic Eddieism. Just notice that the women in the audience were really impressed at the insight Fast Eddie was showing. Either that or they were confused beyond measure. Click here and be amazed - or depressed. I couldn’t decide which way I should go while I was watching it.

By the way, notice the network broadcasting this little clip. That’s right, it’s the Comedy Channel. Do you still want to say Fast Eddie is taking the Kingdom? Or is he helping helping to make it a joke? Romans 2:24 keeps coming to mind:

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

Eddie Long | 34 Comments »

I’m a Superman fan; have been since I was a child a long, long, looong time ago. One of the characters I really liked was Bizzaro Superman. He resembled the Man of Steel, but he wasn’t him. He was not as smart, he did things in reverse, and he wasn’t nearly as good looking.

Creflo will probably be the Uber Pimp when Fred and Ken shuffle off this stage of flesh. And you have to admit that Creflo is incredibly well polished.

Then there’s Kerney, aka Bizarro Creflo. Click here to see a side by side of the two. If I were actually stupid enough to give to either one of these, I would give the money to Creflo.

Take a look at a clip from one of Bizarro Creflo’s broadcasts. Click on the button in the center of the image below..

He’s like a cheap lawyer who forgot you should never ask a client a question unless you have practiced the answer several times over.

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Thanks to my VOPWM we have a new capability. If you type in a Bible reference, the site’s plug-in will automatically create a link to that verse in Bible Gateway. Try this one for instance: Romans 16:17.

Once there, you can switch between NASB and a couple of others. Those of you who want the same version Paul used can get to the King James Version.

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I love it when the commercial minded try to sound spiritual minded.

I was looking at the advertising and publicity for New Psalmist’s approaching conference in Baltimore. It’s called the “Kingdom Conference.” It features Profitess Juanita Bynum, Kenneth (Let’s Shout the Holy Spirit Down) Ulmer, some lady pastor and Zachary Timms, the Will Smith look-a-like. Take a look at the ad here.

More and more it seems the main draw is the speaker’s fame, not the orthodoxy of their message or the Bible’s standards. But for tonight, that really isn’t the issue. Maybe I’ll discuss that in a later posting. (more…)

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It’s only six weeks ’til Megamess 2006! Don’t be pimped by this guy and the people he brings in.

Last year he brought in Gladys Knight and Steve (Filthy Mouth) Harvey to perform for the marks. You remember Gladys Knight, right. She used to be a traditional Baptist. Then she discovered the truth in the Latter Day Saints, the Mormons. She, apparently, was an example for the godly women attending the mess last year. I’ll be telling you about what’s in store at Megamess 2006, right there in Hotlanta come July. I can say now that one of the entertainers is Lil’ Mo.

If any of you can go, just to be around the circus outside the stadium and take some pictures, I would certainly appreciate it.

More info to follow.

T. Dexter Jakes | 8 Comments »

I feel so slighted!

I just got an e-mail from Gabriel Lemmond. And in that e-mail, Master Profit Bernard Jordan told Gabriel that he (Jordan) left his wife for Gabriel. I thought Jordan told me he was my personal profit. Or did I have to send some money to him first? I forget.

Of course it turns out that the leaving only involved leaving the television they were watching together. I’m betting they were watching Judge Judy or maybe Jerry Springer

But once he had Gabriel’s attention, he presented his newest scheme for separating Gabriel’s money from his bank account. I guess Jordan’s budget must be a little heftier than my boy Kerney’s because Jordan is appealing to the number 8. Kerney only appealed to the number 7.

Take a look at the letter the shameless hustler sent to Gabriel. Click here.

Could the appeal to greed and self-gratification be any more obvious? The generic prophecy talks about recognition and reward, and of course money coming into his life. And if Gabriel reads the prophecy eight times, it will get the power of 8 working for him. At this point you should be asking “What is the power of 8?” Is it anything like “Sesame Street” being brought to you by the letter “H” and the numbers 2 and 6?

I am absolutely amazed at the contempt with wich these pimps regard you. The man consistently makes references to the Bible, various people in the Bible, and religious sounding references. But if you look at the letterhead, you would be hard pressed to differentiate between this and the scams run by Reverend Ike.

The only difference between this fellow and pimps like Fast Eddie, Creflo, and Price is that the latter pimps tend to pimp you in the name of Jesus Christ and appeal to your greed. Master Profit Jordan appeals to some twisted idea of the Old Testament, and then he appeals to your greed. ANd every once in a while, he actually mentions Jesus; every once in a while.
My wife dropped her subscription to Gospel Toady so I don’t know if the editorial staff is still placing this pimp’s ads in their magazine. But since they still advertise for such wolves as T. Dexter Jakes, Dollar, and Price I don’t think it really matters if they do or not.

Stay away from this man if you value spiritual growth. Stay away from “Gospel Toady” if you want to avoid helping the pimps gain fame.

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