Drunken Worship Leaders and Mercenary Musicians

[nebula]

Drunken Worship Leaders and Mercenary Musicians

11:00AM EST 2/11/2013 Michael Brown

If there’s anyone in the body of Christ who should be an example of purity of heart and purity of life, it is the worship leader, the man or woman who leads God’s people into his holy presence. Yet it is increasingly common to hear about worship leaders getting drunk after church services and dropping f-bombs while they boast about their “liberty” in the Lord. Some churches even hire unsaved musicians to play on their worship teams because of their talent. How can this be happening in the house of the Lord?

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[bornagain2011]

Crazy!

Thank you for the link

[BlessedByTheBest]

apostasy abounds!

[gdemoss]

So how much patience does God have? I think we are about to find out.

[John Robinson]

I agree, Gary, and neb, thanks for the link. What a sad state of affairs.

[His_disciple3]

I had a friend, that got voted in as the Pastor at a local Church, shortly after taking the position, He discoveried that the Music director was living with her boyfriend, he told her, she would have to change her living situation or step down from her Church position, she took it to the Church, and they fired the Pastor.

right will be wrong and wrong will be right!

Edited February 13, 2013 by His_disciple3

[JTC]

OK, but can we not hijack this thread by gong down that old road again?

Hi Neb,

I'm still new here, so could you explain this statement, please? I don't know what you mean.

[Guest]

OK, but can we not hijack this thread by gong down that old road again?

Hi Neb,

I'm still new here, so could you explain this statement, please? I don't know what you mean.

I can't speak for Neb, but these quotes are from the article:

I’m not getting into the debate of whether it’s OK for believers to drink in moderation and I’m not suggesting that we will be struck down and die if we do something wrong during a worship service.

The above is one hijack that often starts over believers drinking, etc.

But I am saying that God’s presence is holy and sacred and we dare not trivialize it with worldly worship leaders and mercenary musicians.

God's holiness has been watered down in many (not all!!) churches to the point that people are actually doing this stuff, and its not right.

[lorrie323]

What happened to using our talents for God!!!! My mother played the piano in the church and was never paid a penny!!! This is part of our service to our Heavenly Father! Why would a church hire someone who is not of God!!! It boggles the mind what has happened in the churches today!!! We have lost the sense of rules that God laid out for us!!

[Matthitjah]

Yes, I believe the greatest error of Jeroboam was something akin to this.

1Ki 12:31

And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.