Costi Hinn: Crush the Culture of “Christian Celebrity”
For the Gospel Podcast
Costi Hinn
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The gloves are off in this episode as Costi Hinn gets honest about the perils of Christian celebrity culture. Along with authentic thoughts on the subject, he takes us through Richard Bargas’ helpful insights for leaders and churches who want to avoid "crash and burn" endings to their ministry. Everyone in the church — no matter their role — is responsible for respecting leaders while never fostering unhealthy cultures where accountability is trumped by celebrity.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the For the Gospel podcast. My name is Kosti Hin and I am your host for the |
| 0:15.7 | Gospels all about providing sound doctrine for everyday people. And on today's episode |
| 0:19.7 | I want to talk to you about something that we need to strategically address in our |
| 0:24.0 | churches and in our own hearts. It is the culture of Christian celebrity. To start off, |
| 0:31.2 | let's level the playing field. I'm not talking about notoriety or people who are well-known, |
| 0:36.9 | even in the New Testament, James was well-known, the Apostles were well-known. There were many |
| 0:41.3 | people who were well-known and it just meant that they were well-known for being faithful. |
| 0:46.1 | People appreciated their ministry, they knew what they brought to the table and so they |
| 0:49.4 | wanted them to help or lead. And on a personal note, I'm not angry or ungrateful in this episode. |
| 0:57.8 | I have been in the prosperity gospel world and lived the life of Christian celebrity over there |
| 1:03.4 | and then here on the reformedish side of the conservative world, I've had the pleasure and the |
| 1:08.7 | privilege of getting to preach a conferences and be whatever level of known the Lord has allowed. |
| 1:15.2 | And so I'm not trying to dishonor the Lord's kindness to our ministry or whatever has grown |
| 1:20.9 | or be ungrateful for people who say thank you for your ministry. I've done the same thing for |
| 1:25.4 | others or two others in that I have said thank you and I've been grateful for people. I know |
| 1:30.0 | you are too because we're an ecosystem, the body of Christ reaching around and helping one another. |
| 1:36.0 | That's what we do and that is all good and well. When I say the culture of Christian celebrity, |
| 1:42.3 | I am talking about attitudes that it create environments and environments where certain actions |
| 1:48.0 | become acceptable. This leads to the eventual demise of a ministry. It destroys people's lives, |
| 1:54.7 | it destroys the lives of leaders and ultimately it brings reproach on the name of Christ. |
| 2:00.6 | Well, there's a story that comes to mind from a conference I was out a few years ago where about |
| 2:07.1 | every five to ten steps, no exaggeration, someone was stopping me to take a selfie. |
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