SBC Leaders Dancing to Sweet Home Alabama at SBC, June '19

[Hollow Man]

As long as they weren't shouting "Roll TIde Roll" in the chorus, I don't have a problem with the song, in itself. I just wish they'd shown a little more dignity. It's fine for Christians, even church leaders, to have fun, but I think, given the occasion, they might have conducted themselves a little more formally.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

I listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Alan Jackson, Ralph Stanley/Stanley Brothers and sometimes I (attempt to) flatfoot (dance for y'all folks up north) if it's a good 'banjer' tune, next to my chickens on a piece of 1/2in plywood I keep around.

I dont see anything evil in that particular Lynyrd Skynyrd song. I know some of their other songs are ones not to listen to though.

My pastor once said we oughtn't know the words to Alan Jackson's "Loves got a hold on you", but I do haha.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

As long as they weren't shouting "Roll TIde Roll" in the chorus, I don't have a problem with the song, in itself. I just wish they'd shown a little more dignity. It's fine for Christians, even church leaders, to have fun, but I think, given the occasion, they might have conducted themselves a little more formally.

War Eagle!

 

[Hollow Man]

War Eagle!

War Eagle!

 

[robycop3]

‘Slide Into Apostasy’: Top Southern Baptist Leaders Sing Lynyrd Skynyrd Before Thousands of Pastors at ‘Send Luncheon’

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Top leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention took to the stage on Monday during the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) “Send Luncheon,” and donning wigs, hats and electric guitars, sang karaoke to the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit “Sweet Home Alabama” for the thousands of pastors who had gathered for the event. Video footage of the performance, which is a part of the 2019 annual Southern Baptist Convention, has generated concern that the SBC is “sliding into apostasy.”

“Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so blue,” they sang out, with the lyrics appearing on the screen behind them and the name Lynyrd Skynyrd in large letters.

According to reports, the five Southern Baptist leaders who put on the karaoke performance were:


Kevin Ezell, president of the mission board; Ronnie Floyd, former SBC president and current president of the SBC Executive Committee; Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board; Jamie Dew, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; and Adam Greenway, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

(And if that is not enough, back in Feb. Our SBC President was twerking to "I Just Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston

February, concerns were also generated among some as current SBC President J.D. Greear was recorded singing Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” during a youth event.

“I wanna dance with somebody. I wanna feel the heat with somebody,” he sang and danced after being introduced as “Pastor J.D. Greear, a.k.a. Whitney Houston.”

President Greear, the pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina and author of books such as “Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches That Send,” was joined on stage by two others who likewise belted out the tune as they danced together on stage. The audience laughed and cheered.

Here is the Grear video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10218863126238556

(Both stories are on the same link at the top of this post)

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Was this evil ???????????????

 

[Aaron]

Meanwhile, They Refused to Denounce Jesus—Pastor, 5 Others Shot After Church Service in Burkina Faso - Open Doors USA

 

[InTheLight]

So??????????
Was this evil ???????????????

Read the lyrics to the song they were dancing to and singing. The subject of the song is going out dancing and finding someone for a one night stand that might possibly turn into a long term relationship. Personally, I don't want my pastor to endorse that sort of a song.

 

[robycop3]

Read the lyrics to the song they were dancing to and singing. The subject of the song is going out dancing and finding someone for a one night stand that might possibly turn into a long term relationship. Personally, I don't want my pastor to endorse that sort of a song.

Well, my "relationship" with my wife of 45 years started with a one-nite date, but it progressed from there, as I was smitten. (and still am!)

But to each his/her own! if your conscience doesn't think rock music is appropriate in your Christian walk, so be it. I believe otherwise, and so be it. Doesn't mean you or I either one is wrong, same as Paul points out in Col. 2;16.

 

[InTheLight]

Well, my "relationship" with my wife of 45 years started with a one-nite date, but it progressed from there, as I was smitten. (and still am!)

What's a "one night date"?

The song is about a woman on the prowl for sex with a stranger that might possibly lead to a long term relationship.

if your conscience doesn't think rock music is appropriate in your Christian walk, so be it. I believe otherwise, and so be it. Doesn't mean you or I either one is wrong, same as Paul points out in Col. 2;16.

I didn't say rock music was inappropriate. I didn't say a thing about rock music as a genre. Don't put words in my mouth.

I said the president of the SBC dancing to and mouthing the words to a carnal song about one night stands is wrong.



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[MartyF]

I never understood why people enjoy watching others do humiliating things.