Published on February 16, 2024, 12:34 am

There is a rising trend on social media involving churches swapping traditional, Bible-based preaching with gimmicks reminiscent of Super Bowl games. A case in point can be illustrated by Lifepoint Church, Rock Hill, SC, piloted by Pastor Nate Siemon alongside his wife. Their sermon was eccentrically titled “Super Bowl of Preaching,” an event split into four quarters during which four preachers delivered sermons.

What catapulted this event to controversy were the humorous skits and the background music running throughout the sermon. The latter warranting attention due to it being songs from one controversial rapper known as E-40.

For those unfamiliar with E-40’s work, allow me to provide a snapshot while censoring participatory course language: His song ‘Do Ya Head Like This’ details extravagant lifestyles around Maseratis and Ferraris. Controversially implying the life of the party is tied to drug usage and loose living along with other connotations that wouldn’t resonate within a congregation’s setting.

His song ‘Bad B**ch’ promotes objectification of women whilst encouraging explicit encounters. Against the backdrop of these lurid lyrics, the church showcased their Super Bowl themed sermon; high-handed in their ludicrous demonstration.

A particularly jarring track played during proceedings was ‘Tell Me When To Go.’ The track infers Jesus Christ having dreadlocks while expressing dire wishes for such hairstyle projection lifelike mischief occurs when misusing sacred figures merely for shock effect or trendiness. And this song served as wallpaper music for this untraditional church event.

Relating this scenario through a Christian worldview reveals things in stark contrast. These occurrences feel like travesties perpetrated under false pretenses of bringing novelty into ecclesiastical events but instead bordering on sacrilege sparking outrage all through Christendom.

This event seems part and parcel of an alarming shift migrating away from purity and godliness giving way to capitulation before secular forces invading sanctuaries of truth. This disgraceful Super Bowl-themed event is merely symptomatic: other churches might succumb to similar fads, eroding their sermons’ spiritual core.

The pattern seems equally pervasive, given that we had reported on how another mega-church had structured a Super Bowl styled service which was devoid of biblical preaching, and even resorted to E-40 music. Alarming signs indeed indicative of the broader desire to align with pop culture trends, sometimes compromising on religious tenets.

In all these real news scenarios centering around trust news depicting religion often being sneakily wrapped in secularism, believers must stay vigilant against such dilutions that betray our Lord Jesus Christ’s sacred teachings and compromise his revered image. Stay tuned for more proper updates reflecting the Christian worldview among breaking news.