You people are such a bunch of kill-joys! When I wrote the initial post on the preach-off poll, I was looking forward to writing a bang-up sermon, presenting it and letting you see just how good a preacher I am. And at first the polls supported me. Then as more of you began to vote, the trend completely reversed and you were saying “no,” don’t do the preach-off. Worst than that, most of your reasons for not doing the preach-off were irritatingly insightful. This completely ruined my opportunity to wallow around in the flesh and make me look good. (more…)
Mr. Manning is a pimp. But he has such a subtle form of spiritual poison, that you’ve got to be extremely careful and listen to him very closely. He’s the type you must analyze vigorously or he will rope you in.
It’s interesting that in our recent discussions here we have found 2 pimp-busters who are themselves in the pimping business. (Donnie Swaggart and Manning.)
Manning has many clips on YouTube. Here’s one. Just click on the arrow in the center of the picture. It’s about six minutes long.
In order to help fund Melvin’s website, I have decided to copyright and sell a new game. All proceeds go to The Keep Melvin on the Web Ministries.
It works like this:
You have 5 game pieces to choose from , a jet, a Lexus SUV, a Sheep, a closed Bible, and Jan Crouch’s wig.
Instead of starting at “Go”, the first square is “Unaccredited Bible Seminary With Unearned Doctorate (UBSWUD).” Once the game starts, every time you pass UBSWUD you get a love offering from the pot of money. Each time you pass UBSWUD you get another unearned degree and the size of the love offering increases by half.
There are two decks of cards on the board. Instead of Chance and Community Chest, we have “Tithes” and “Love Offerings” decks. (more…)
Okay, so I’m childish, easily challenged, and full of testosterone. I can’t help it. I’m a male.
Little Stevie Wonder “challenged” (for lack of a better word) me to preach a sermon. He claims that neither I nor GaryV could preach our way out of a paper sack. Maybe he’s right. He suggested I preach a sermon and post it out here so y’all could pick it apart the way I do with John K. Jenkins and the rest of the pimps. I thought it was an interesting proposition.
So here’s the poll question: Should Melvin preach a short (maybe five minutes) sermon (with video)? If I do it, I promise not to sweat profusely, say “Look at your neighbor and say (fill in the blank)”, or have the organ pumped up too loud. I also won’t do the Greater Grace Electric Slide.
(MN:Mr. Woods origninally submitted this as a comment. I thought it might be somewhat thought provoking so I decided to make it a posting.)
Deb (not the one who has been posting since the beginning), I have a survey for you and everybody on here who has a problem with Christian Hip Hop. In fact, the survey can be taken by anyone who wishes to do so. I suspect the greater number of people may be more instructive.
If you decide to answer these questions please be 100% honest.
Melvin will post my follow-on comments once you complete the survey.
You don’t have to use your real name or even your usual tag. Anonymity is preferred but not required. All I ask is that you be serious and honest in answering the questions.
Survey Question #1 - Please list the last 5 movies you watched at the theatre, by DVD, on HBO, or on one of the other uncensored cable outlets.
Survey Question #2 - Please list your five favorite Television/Cable shows and provide a very brief summary of the premise of each program. (For instance “Will and Grace is a sitcom about a homosexual and his female friend.” Or “‘24′ is a day in the life of Jack Bauer, a Counter Terrorism Unit agent.”
I find myself visiting Stephen’s blog every so often. It’s kind of like a train wreck: you know it’s going to be a disaster but you just can’t take you eyes off of it.
On the other hand, it’s good to know I’m on the cutting edge of that which Stevie finds inspirational and instructional. Take a look at his site and see what he’s promoting. I have to admit that it surprised me despite the fact that I thought I had a good hold on where he is.
(MN:Stephen tucked his tail and ran away. He had posted a clip from the Chucky Ellis’ “Electric Slide Crossover” sermon. He thought it was a great sermon. He even posted it under the heading of “Cogic Preachers.”
I can see now that Little Stevie Wonder is going to be very amusing over the next several months. His stuff is so weak. I suspect he has never had to actually defend some of the foolish things he says and the silly things he promotes. I can understand why it’s so tough. )
One of the complaints today is that young Black men are ignoring church/God. I used to wonder why until I spent a while at First Baptist and watched some of the other churches dealing out Candy Theology and Spineless Spirituality.
The distillation of all of that uselessness and candy is pretty much illustrated in the video clip below. A tip of the hat to Judge Not for finding it for me.
In the second half of the video clip, I thought I was being taught a new dance step by the world famous Oneness preacher (who spoke at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, pastored by John Kenneth Jenkins by the way) Charles Ellis.
When is a pimp (the man who puts the ‘hos out on the street to make money) not a pimp? Why, when he’s a ‘ho. And this week we got to watch all the big pimps working for their uber pimp and pimpette Paul and Jan Crouch.
This past week was Beg-a-Thon at TBN (Totally Bad and Noxious) and they had stuff going on both coasts, 24 hours a day. Through the magic of video recordings, we got to see Jamal butcher more scripture in a couple of hours than David Koresh was ever able to do before he and his group became crispy critters. We got to see Benny (There Nine of Them) Hinn tell you that if you don’t give them money, God can’t bless you. We even got to watch T. Dexter come up with a new catch phrase: “Things Went Down!”
But more than that, we got to see the pimps working their little hineys of for Pimp and Pimpette.
The Independent Conservative has provided an analysis of each of the “preacher’s” presentation. I’m afraid I just didn’t have the stomach to sit and listen to these bozos, especially knowing that there are thousands of truly hurting (though Bible illiterate) women out there, being roped in to trust snake oil salesmen who are in it for the money.
The links below go to the YouTube clips posted by IC. Go to his site (there’s a link to the right) to read up on the contents if you, like me get really disturbed watching bible-thugs like these deceiving the sheeple.
I figure if you watch enough of them you may actually begin to see that they are all saying the same thing: Give God (read here - TBN) money, and He will, like a reliable slot machine, give you blessings. You people who worship the ground they walk on may even start to get the idea.
As I have said in the past, these men and women of gold don’t care about you. They only care about their bellies and there riches. Remember 2 Peter 2:2,3. You can see these pimps doing it right in front of you. It says:
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
Like Lot fleeing Sodom and its sister city, you need to get away from these people and not even look back. They are deceivers, conning pimps, out to separate you from your hard earned money, and in the process, make it nearly impossible for you to grow in Christ since they NEVER feed you the word. Remember: tickling ears do not a mature Christian make.
They tell you about Kingdom Authority. Peter tells us
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing; so that also at the revelation of His glory, you may rejoice with exultation. If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 1 Pet 4:12-14
Do you see anything in there that talks about exercising “Kingdom Authority?” I didn’t think so.
Again, these men and women are greedy beasts, always willing to market you and your family.
I have decided to start my own church, my own mega-church. I’ve done most of the things a Mand of Gawd has to do to start one up. I have a name for it: Praise Immanuel the Mighty Prince Church. Yes, you’re right. The abbreviation is the PIMP Church. But this is the name God told me to give it and I don’t want to be struck dumb like Zachariah (Luke 1:19, 20). After all, if I was struck dumb, I wouldn’t be able to tell you about your breakthroughs or tell you how to position yourself for success, or encourage you to sow your seeds so you can see God in action. (more…)
Since we are discussing Paula Pimpette, I decided to put this link up as a posting. Take a look at what she says tonight on CNN. Oh, and notice how the article describes Paula - inspirational speaker and life coach. Although I guess I’m glad they wait until way later to mention that she is a “pastor”.
I love these guys and gals! They always have a slick and pseudo-biblical way to separate you from your hard earned cash. And if your family takes a hit, no problem.
A reader drew my attention to Fast Eddie and his annual scheme. Just out of curiosity, wondering if Paula Pimpette was still doing her first fruits thing, I hopped over to her site. It turns out that she has changed up and at the moment is cashing in on a Passover/Easter scam.
But first , Fast Eddie, the man who made upwards of three million dollars from a charitable organization he “managed.” (more…)
