This reminded me of a story I heard from someone who attended one of them new mega churches in the area. The story went something like this.

They had a projector and were projecting things on the front of the church and they had advertisements in the messages. Things like worship service brought to you by: XYZ company. I mean we have naming rights on stadiums and schools get sponsors for their sports teams so I guess it just stands to reason that we now need sponsors of our worship services?

I guess it won’t be long until we see Pepsi signs and Cable Network Logos in the church house. The pulpit will be littered with those big sponsor ad signs you see on youth athletic fields and our worship services will be turned into a 30 min infomercial for Christ.

The bulletins or worship slide show will be littered with 30 sec spots for this that or the other thing. Ads for the preachers latest book or audio series just $19.95 cash, check or CREDIT CARD.

No wonder we are loosing the culture war we have sold out to the goddesses of Times Square.