Preachers, Priests over 60, Time to say Goodbye to the Bible



While there are younger clergy preaching the old stuff, I think the majority of clergy over 60 is unaware there is little audience left for the Old Time Religion. That is, clergy who are certain absolutely they, and they alone, understand what the Bible's ancient words and stories mean and that newer interpretations are the work of the "antichrist." For reasons I do not understand, Christian Post often carries articles about this guy and what he is saying. He is a 72 year old mega church preacher who thinks anyone's views but his is headed for bad afterlife. His lack of understanding modern society is a lesson in what happens when one the door opens and he has to leave his land of make believe.

I understand preachers/priests need to cater to the over 60 gray hairs in the pews. The future of the faith, of course, is not them. Someone needs to come up with a message that serves the over 60 church members but has some appeal to young cohorts as well. They, after the message is developed, preachers need to be retrained to stop depending on the Bible and use some other more contemporary source. 

The 72 years old preacher in the link is a good example. He has had big success and I suppose gets a big salary for decades of Bible thumping. It would take some doing the get a preacher like that to see he is hurting the future of his church and faith by preaching the message of a by gone era.

Joel Osteen, the much maligned and wealth mega-church preacher is an example of how the Bible can be part of church theatrics but ignored. He holds a Bible up high at the beginning of each performance. People cheer I suppose. Then he proceeds to preach uplifting messages about optimism and tolerance. He is called a prosperity gospel preacher. From the parts of sermons I have heard he seems more like a motivational speaker who performs in a church package.

I have an over 70 relative who says he has no use for churches that endorse gay marriage or invite gay people. As he says, "I come to church to hear what I believe. What's the purpose otherwise." He, of course, represents the dilemma of conservative Christianity.  

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