A comment on Richard Hall’s blog led me to these two links.
The first is a promotion for an Easter service that includes giving away a free BMW to one lucky person in the congregation.
The second is a defense of the idea by the pastor that includes the following justification:
Free gifts draw people to malls and stores, so why not God’s House? In fact, the Ultimate Free Gift is what Easter is all about!
I am a part-time local pastor serving Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and a participant in the Indiana Conference's Wesleyan ConneXion. I teach business communication at Indiana University in the Kelley School of Business.
I also blog at Luc means light and contribute to The View from Here blog at Next Step Evangelism.
My wife, Lisa, and I have been married 23.5 years. Luc, 8, lives with us. Zach, 22, and JillAnn, 18, are off at college much too soon for my liking.
Contact me at johnmeunier at Gmail.
The doctrine of original sin is surely more humbling to man than the opposite: And I know not what honour we can pay to God, if we think man came out of His hands in the condition wherein he is now.
— John Wesley
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