The Daily Telegraph and Hillsong

So another Christian 'leader' fails. Yet I suspect the aim of this article goes a little beyond the person in question. Brenden Hills has a bit of an agenda here I feel. Decide for yourself.

I'm writing in response to the Daily Telegraph article in today's paper titled 'US Evangelist Jason Hooper claims he's on a mission from god'

Of course seeing another Christian 'leader' publicly fail makes me upset and disappointed. What makes me more disappointed however, is the deceptiveness of this article. I hope anyone with intelligence will see through exactly what they are doing here. The journalist mentions Hillsong twice (included with a link to wikipedia). His 'Hillsong protege' (who did nothing wrong) once studied at Hillsong leadership college but that's where the connection ends. He is associated with Rick Joyner's Morningstar Church which is completely unrelated to Hillsong accept for being somewhere on the same radar of being Pentecostal in practice (a movement of Christianity which is now second to Roman Catholicism in global adherence), though in completely different denominations. It would be like condemning the Anglicans for a failing of a Uniting Church minister. (In fact, it's sad to say that he seems to have ministered recently with a few preachers that had gained a high profile in controversial charismatic practices and fell publicly and suddenly.)

This is a movement neither Hillsong or the denomination it is a part of, the Assemblies of God, have ever associated themselves with. Then he poisons the well again by saying his uptempo preaching style was similar to Hillsong. That is certainly casting a wide net. Most effective evangelical preachers could be described that way.

So if I've got this right......

Fallen drunken revivalist getting away with it= uptempo preacher= Bad Hillsong?

I hope people see what the Daily Telegraph are trying to do here-the worst and most deceptive kinds of logical fallacies being used by the media to attack a church of Jesus Christ. Now a church I choose to call home.

P.S. Notice the small 'g' for God in the title. Is this a typo or subtly intentional?

Blind in my Oasis

I recently watched two documentaries- The first was 'Earthlings', which is about the exploitation of animals for human comfort and it's cruel excesses. The second was the first two of three episodes of 'Go Back to Where You Came From' which takes 6 Australians with strong opinions about the Australian illegal immigrant issue and gets them to walk the walk that refugees experience, in reverse. I have been overcome with indescribable emotions. Guilt? Anger? What do I do with this?

I sit here on my frickin' comfortable leather couch that was probably torn off some poor Indian cow that was probably tortured before death in my comfortable little oasis with a full fridge, shelter, doors unlocked not even thinking that we are in any danger with warm clothes on my fancy computer, wasting hours on nothing and indulgent comfort. All around me are the products of the exploitation of people and people groups. I live in an Oasis whilst most of the world is living in hell on earth. And our nation demands to keep those that are fleeing danger out and beg to come here for a new start. I think all of us Westerners are going to have a lot to answer for on judgment day. I feel sick and tired from crying. All I know is that this is not even the tip of the iceberg. I wish I wasn't so selfish and sinful. I wish I could live the life that would be the logical response to these facts but I'm weak. Holy Spirit, help.