![]() ![]() ![]() The Holy Spirit in the virgin, Mary, created him. S O NJesus Christ is completely human but, at the same time, completely God. He is loving, compassionate, and faithful to His people and His promises. It is in Him that we live, move and exist. God is great: He is all powerful, all knowing, ever present, unchanging, completely worthy of our trust, and above all, holy. Although each member of the Trinity serves different functions, they each possess equal power and authority. He exists as one substance in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God has existed in relationship with Himself for all eternity. Because it was inspired by God, the Bible is truth without any mixture of error and is completely relevant to our daily lives. It was written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. ![]() We reverence God, value people and demonstrate our gratitude. We are committed to structure, training and conduct that produces growth. We hold ourselves to a very high standard in our words, appearance and actions. We are humble, open and transparent people of integrity. We have faith in God, faith in people and faith for miracles. We are a relevant and progressive church that changes lives. We desire that all of our staff, leaders, and members exhibit these attributes in their daily lives, influencing everything that they do for the glory of God. They create filters for how our leaders make decisions in order to facilitate and implement the culture. Souls are at stake, and this kind of buffoonery isn’t going to win them over.This list of core values are irrefutable ordinances for our ministry. ![]() On a serious note, as pastors, Bible teachers, and general witnesses for Christ, we must be prayerful and careful about how we present the gospel. On the other hand, if drawing more people to Christ was Todd’s aim, he may have missed the mark, since most of us were simply turned off by the yuck fest. “What I’m telling you: how you just reacted is how the people in your life will react when God is doing what it takes for the miracle.”Īnyway, if shock value is what he was going for, sir, here is that attention you ordered. “And do you hear and see the responses of the people?” Todd said, addressing the negative reaction of congregants. When Todd spat, he made most of his audience want to gouge their eyes out. However, in Scripture, when Jesus spat, he opened blinded eyes. “And this is where most people would not face Jesus anymore,” Todd said, again coughing up and spitting mucus and phlegm into his palm. Some of those streaming the service from home took to the Internet to express their displeasure. To stress his point, Todd hawked up spit, cupped it in his hand and gave the volunteer- who just so happened to be his brother-a saliva facial in front of congregants as they gasped in horror. The 34-year-old author of Crazy Faith carried out the crazy act in the middle of a sermon discussing how “receiving vision from God might get nasty”-and he wasn’t kidding. Major news outlets like TMZ, Newsweek, Daily Beast, and UK Daily Mail have picked up details of the story. No wonder it is capturing global headlines and triggering gag reflexes everywhere. Since Todd is not Jesus and has no healing powers in his spittle, the grotesque and arguably unsanitary move is particularly disturbing considering the raging coronavirus pandemic. We all want to be like Jesus, but an Oklahoma pastor may have taken things a bit too far.ĭuring a sermon illustration, Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Tulsa, spit on his hand multiple times and rubbed the saliva in the face of a parishioner, mimicking Jesus’ biblical acts of spitting on strangers to heal them. ![]()
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