Pastor berates congregation for not buying him designer watch, then apologizes
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 19 August 2022
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A pastor’s sermon in Kansas City went viral recently for all the wrong reasons: during his message, he lambasted his congregation for not buying him the luxury watch he had requested. But here’s the good news: the pastor later apologized for what he called his “inexcusable” remarks. In The Daily Article for August 19, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers religion as transaction and religion as relationship, asks if America is or will soon be under God’s judgment, and whether Christians in America are blessing our country to be a blessing to others.
Author: Dr. Jim Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | God has distinctly gifted you, but do you know why? |
| 0:05.0 | The Bible speaks to more than a dozen spiritual gifts, ways in which God has uniquely made you for his grand purposes. |
| 0:13.0 | And when you come to know your gifts better, you will draw closer to God as you exercise those gifts in your daily life. |
| 0:21.6 | Complementing the online spiritual gifts assessment at what are my spiritual gifts.com, |
| 0:26.6 | the latest book from Denison Forum offers insight into 17 spiritual gifts. |
| 0:32.6 | And each chapter describes how a certain person in the Bible represents each gifting, providing |
| 0:39.4 | helpful examples of what it means to live out specific gifts. Request your copy of what are my |
| 0:46.7 | spiritual gifts today at daily article.org. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Friday, August the 19th, 2022. I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison |
| 0:58.9 | forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. A pastor sermon in Kansas City went viral |
| 1:05.2 | recently for all the wrong reasons. He lambasted his congregation for not buying him the luxury watch he had requested. |
| 1:13.2 | But here's the good news. The pastor later apologized for what he called his inexcusable remarks. |
| 1:20.5 | He stated, though there is context behind the content of the clip, no context will suffice to |
| 1:26.7 | explain the hurt and anguish caused by my words. |
| 1:30.1 | I've spoken to those I'm accountable to and have received their correction and instruction. |
| 1:35.4 | I have also privately apologized to our church, who has extended their love and support to me. |
| 1:41.5 | Here we see religion as a transaction for personal profit, as well as religion |
| 1:46.0 | as a relationship centered in accountability and grace. Other religious stories in today's news |
| 1:51.7 | are far less redemptive. The man who allegedly stabbed Saman Rushdie last week praised Iran's |
| 1:57.9 | Ayatollah Khomeini this week. The Washington Post reports that al-Qaeda and the |
| 2:03.2 | Islamic State are on the rise in Africa. Both groups are convinced they are serving Allah |
| 2:09.1 | through their terrorist activities. And a bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan has claimed at |
| 2:14.9 | least 21 lives as of this morning. It came amid increased hostility |
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