Parkview Christian Church Loses Pastor Ted Max But Reveals a Secretive Church Board. Is This a New Testament Thing I Overlooked?

Posted on by April 11, 2025avatar

Caleb Oquendo @pexels

“There are no secrets that time does not reveal. Jean Racine

My daughter and first grandbaby have been visiting me for a few days. Between enjoying the little guy and the loud construction ongoing in my house (I expect it to last until early fall), I can barely concentrate. The last two posts about Marie Columna, the stalking pastor Sergio Garcia, and Thomas Road Baptist Church’s maddening response were pretty intense. So, I decided today to discuss a post at The Roy’s Report: Abrupt Resignation of Chicago-Area Megachurch Pastor Sparks Protest & Petition.

At the outset, it seemed like the same old, same old. Ted Max, the lead pastor of the multi-site Parkview Christian Church, suddenly resigned after a mere 20 months in that position. They claim there was no sex scandal, hidden honey, embezzlement, or talk of spiritual abuse. The problem was summarized: Max was “not in alignment” with the church’s board. I yawned and started to move on since it was merely a bunch of dudes not agreeing, which is a typical scenario in the evangelical wilderness.

But something caught my eye. It appears that the membership of the church’s board, which runs everything, is not publicly known except for one dude named Randy Moll, who came on stage (and that is precisely what it is) and did the typical: put his arm around Max, prayed for him, and looked sufficiently sad like the kid who wanted a milkshake but got a glass of skim milk instead.

Dee stopped in her tracks. I was sufficiently curious and gave up a search for a couple of rocking chairs for my deck. (I’m into cobalt blue this year.)

A clandestine church board?

I’ve been watching The Chosen, and I like it, which should put off the wooden, literal gang out there. I thought how fascinating it would be to have the disciples all wearing masks as they preached the Gospel. It took about 300 years before Christianity became the major religion in that region of the world. I wondered how long it would take if masked disciples were the rage.

According to TRR:

Moll, whose LinkedIn profile states that he has been chairman of the Parkview Board for 14 years, was the only member of the board publicly identified at the service. Parkview’s website does not list the church’s board members.

This church board calls itself the “Board of Directors.” That does not have a New Testament ring to me. It sounds a bit hokey to me. Apparently, many of the church members had no idea who ran their church until the strange announcement by Ted, who wasn’t getting along with the clandestine board, and Randy, who was looking sufficiently directorial. The church members finally sat up and took notice. According to TRR:

“We have a right to know who the board members are, and the ‘elders’ that guide the direction of the future of this church,” wrote another congregant. “You ought to consider the perspective of the very people who shape this church, the community of Christ followers who have been moved by Pastor Ted in their spiritual journeys. We deserve answers and transparency.”

TRR asked the inevitable question: Who’s on first?

In response to The Roys Report’s (TRR) inquiry about the board, Chairman Moll stated that Parkview’s board is comprised of the lead pastor and volunteer lay leaders.

He added, “We do not publicly post the personal information of our lay leaders on the website. However, we have been providing the names of board members to congregants upon request.”

Curiouser and curiouser:

It seems like Max is supporting the stealth board. He chastised the members who were asking questions. According to TRR:

Don’t be dissension stirrers,” Max warned. “Don’t be pot stirrers. Don’t get out on the internet and post stuff . . . Don’t do it. It’s not what God wants.”

…I’m not a victim that needs to be saved. Please do not use me to discredit or dishonor the board and the leadership of our church.”

The church appears to be sticking with its top-secret church board, just like Jesus and the disciples. Wait…  In the meantime, church members can call the church and they will be told the names of the board members.

Questions and thoughts:

  • The story of Max and the board is not fully told. I think there is more there.
  • Max says to avoid the internet to ask questions. “God doesn’t want that.” Well, why the heck not? The “Board of Directors” sure aren’t answering the questions.
  • There is a reason Max is supporting the clandestine board. This makes no sense unless a super dee dooper deal was made.
  • Who dumped whom in this deal?
  • If I were a member, I would not call and ask for the names of the board if I intended to stay at the church. I bet they are keeping track of the names of those who ask.
  • The disciples and their followers made sure their names were out there. Those early Christians went to the Coliseum, and the world saw them. These guys hide behind anonymity, which says they are worried about something. It’s time to open the windows and let the light shine, or…shut up, sit in the pews, and don’t ask questions about what is happening. I’m the asking questions type.

Jesus said we were to be the light on the hill. Parkside Church is shrouded in darkness, and some people apparently feel safer that way. Why?

What do you think is going on in that church?

  • Who suggests names for those who serve on the board?
  • How are they elected?
  • Can anyone volunteer?
  • Do they follow Biblical principles in their decisions?
  • Why is the board anonymous?
  • Why wouldn’t they want their names known if they are a Gospel board?
  • Is a Board of Directors one of those positions in the New Testament, like teacher or elder? I think I overlooked it in my reading.
  • What are they worried about?
  • Why is Max supporting all of this even after not seeing eye to eye with the “Board of Directors?”
  • What is the back story? Why don’t they see eye to eye?
  • Would you feel comfortable giving money to a church that will not tell you who is running things?

I am on the internet, and I believe that God wants us to examine His church critically. God is not afraid of being examined, so why should a bunch of dudes on some church board somewhere? I’m afraid there is far more to this story than is being told. I hope the church members fight for truth and transparency.

Comments

Parkview Christian Church Loses Pastor Ted Max But Reveals a Secretive Church Board. Is This a New Testament Thing I Overlooked? — 50 Comments

  1. We refuse to tell you what’s going on or even who we are, but y’all just shut up and keep the ol’ pews and plates full! Oh yeah pray for Pastor Max as he pounds the pavement looking for a new job. But don’t worry, we gave him a good buyout in exchange for signing an abominable, satanic-to-the-core NDA.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  2. Many churchgoers do not understand that, in most cases, their church is also a non-profit corporation. Corporations must have directors. In many cases, the board of elders is identified in the church constitution as the board of directors. One of the (many) issues at Chapel Hill Bible Church is that the church constitution specified the deacons as the board of directors, and the theobros wanted to change the constitution to make the elders the board of directors.
    Anyway, after reading this update, I sent to the Illinois secretary of state website, did a business search, and found the most recent annual filing the church submitted to the state. I also found three officers and (only) 3 directors listed. There is space to list more directors, but those are blank. So it seems this megachurch had a board of directors consisting of 5 men when they filed their 2924 report with the state on 10/28/24. The officers at that time were: Red Max, president, William Brown, secretary, and Jen Andersen, treasurer. The(separate) list of directors includes:
    Ted Max, Jim Bax, and Randy Moll. I’m not sure why Ted Max is in both lists, but based on the report, these 5 are the entire Board of Directors. The reports available online include only the past 4 years. The earliest available, 2021, also lists 3 officers and 3 directors, with the president also listed as a director. A quick google search indicates Tim Harlow, who was listed in 2021 as president and director, was the previous pastor who served for 33 years.
    I think it’s funny that the Board of Directors apparently thinks it’s secret when the board members identities are listed on a form they are required to submit to the state, and the state makes it publicly available. Also suggest the Board of Directors doesn’t understand the basic of being the board of a nonprofit corporation.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  4. While it might not be the situation at Parkview, Something that might be of value as you look at current Christian Trends are ‘Bonyads.’

    The term Bonyad has its origin in Persia. On their surface, they are religious charitable trusts; in reality, many act like private equity firms. But due to their religious connections, there is little to no oversight and significant tax advantages.

    It might be worth looking at how a similar system is evolving with US churches. No one doubts that a church should be able to invest in and own a retirement plan for its staff. The question becomes what other assets do churches own, and who are the primary beneficiaries of those assets?

    We have seen similar processes and legal precedents emerge over the last couple of decades at some non-mainstream churches (which I won’t name because of their litigious nature).

    As one looks at the increasing lack of transparency and increasing presence of lawyers and financial experts in key positions in some affluent churches, this becomes something worth looking into.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  5. The odd setup caught my eye also when I read the Roys Report. Both in length of time as chairman of the board and the secrecy of the board. I know my local ELCA church has a limit on how long someone can be continuously on the church council, and, I believe that is standard practice for the denomination. Council members are also elected though I don’t think there has been a contested election in a while.

    Also is it Jen Andersen or Ken Andresen as treasurer? Ken Andresen is the Director of Operations at the church (including finance) since 2020. William Brown (aka Bill?) seems to be the executive pastor (since 2003). This leaves Jim Bax and Randy Moll as the only apparent non-employees. The church is in the EFCA though that gives only a broad outline of finances

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  7. “I’ve been watching The Chosen, and I like it, which should put off the wooden, literal gang out there.”

    I don’t understand this sentence. Has watching or not watching, liking or not liking “The Chosen” become a new standard of faith, a way to distinguish “Our Good Kind of Christians” from “Bad Other Kind of Christians”?

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  8. Cynthia W.,

    The Chosen is one of the few portrayals of Jesus that I can actually watch, to be honest.
    Does it use creative license in portraying Jesus and the disciples? Yes.
    And that is where some people have an issue.

    My question to those who have those objections is simple: “Do you believe that the show is a documentary?”
    EVERY production uses creative license to one degree or another, even the ones that simply employ scripture as “the script”.

    The show HAS had an impact on people who aren’t Christians, however:
    After officiating a funeral, I was talking to a retired university professor. He and his wife were watching The Chosen with some friends who weren’t Christians. One of them said, “I wish the REAL JESUS was like this guy!”
    We all laughed, but I said, “And THAT sad observation is on US, the Church, because we haven’t ’carried His name’ well at all.”

    Romans 2:24, “Because of you, my name is blasphemed among the nations” (Paul is quoting from Isaiah 52)

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  9. Cynthia W.:

    I don’t understand this sentence. Has watching or not watching, liking or not liking “The Chosen” become a new standard of faith, a way to distinguish “Our Good Kind of Christians” from “Bad Other Kind of Christians”?

    For some people, yes. I haven’t watched it myself but there are plenty of people speaking up against it. Voddie Baucham is one of them but then again, it’s Voddie Baucham. The less attention paid to him, the better.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  11. I am continually amazed at what people will swallow in the name of religion. And amazed how willing people are to allow themselves to be hoodwinked and hornswoggled. And how willing some are to jump in line to be chief grifter.

    Makes me sick to my stomach.

    On a brighter turn, where I live many of the churches had folks attend church a couple of Sundays in their work gear and pack sack lunches. That way they could go clean up the yards of homes and the farm fields from the tornado debris. And other groups of Christians brought campers and on their dime came to town to do that, or haul potable water when the power was down. Many are on well water here and no power means no water.

    We took yesterday to go view more damage to farms and homes off the main highways.

    We are waiting for our phone to be repaired since flooding has made the line almost unusable, and waiting for the contractor to give us estimates on fixing the roof. From the outside you don’t see roof damage from the twister that went close by. But in the attic you can see the damage to the chimney, the hole poked in the roof, and the broken roof deck that is causing water damage.

    Me? I am a happy camper. When the storm went by us and we were apparently in a strong inflow boundary, it sucked my plugged ear open! Nice!! But I don’t want a repeat treatment!

    Please continue to pray for central US as floods and twisters have hit us hard and still are hitting some.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  12. PapaB,

    I hear that many people enjoy it. We watched a brief section at a meeting I was in last week.

    I don’t think that, in their original context, people felt like Jesus and the apostles had super cool Mediterranean TV star accents, like minor characters in “The Mallorca Files”. If anything, they talked like hicks from Galilee.

    There do seem to be people who think it’s a documentary, that what is shown on the program is definitely what actually happened. Perhaps this is because they’re not familiar with the actual text of the actual Gospels.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  14. Cynthia W.: There do seem to be people who think it’s a documentary, that what is shown on the program is definitely what actually happened. Perhaps this is because they’re not familiar with the actual text of the actual Gospels.

    This is a fascinating summary of Christianity itself.
    What indeed is it?—that, which actually happened?

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  15. Erp: Also is it Jen Andersen or Ken Andresen as treasurer? Ken Andresen is the Director of Operations at the church (including finance) since 2020. William Brown (aka Bill?) seems to be the executive pastor (since 2003). This leaves Jim Bax and Randy Moll as the only apparent non-employees. The church is in the EFCA though that gives only a broad outline of finances

    KEN Andersen. Sorry, typed on my phone.
    So of the 5 members of the board of directors, 3 are also employed and paid by the church. Wow! No wonder they don’t want anyone to know who us on the board!

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  17. “If I were a member, I would not call and ask for the names of the board if I intended to stay at the church. I bet they are keeping track of the names of those who ask.”

    I have to disagree with this statement. If I understand it, the purpose of this blog is to shine a light on behaviors that others might want to keep silent for their own gain.

    Cindy Clemishire and others like her are not going to change anything by themselves. It is easy for a ‘wall of crosses’ to close ranks against a single voice. Change will only happen if ENOUGH of us are willing to ask the hard and sometimes uncomfortable questions…. again, and again, and again.

    If someone is mad at me for asking a reasonable question, I say, bring it on. If someone tries to pressure me into silence, the problem is not with me asking the questions. The problem is that they are trying to hide something that they don’t want to see the light of day.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  19. dee: Cynthia W.: Has watching or not watching, liking or not liking “The Chosen” become a new standard of faith,

    Oh yeah. A lot of the theodudes are against it.

    The cosplay among Cosplay Christians and Cosplay Clergy, theobros included, surpasses anything Hollywood can come up with. (Cosplay as in Bowler hat + big cigar + beer stein; or skinny jeans + super sneakers + spiked up hair.)

    Want to see fancy schmancy costuming and sophisticated dramatic acting? Hang around church people.

    Save yourself and your family the expense and trouble of a trip to a Vegas casino show. Go to your local mega on Sunday: sophisticated lighting, high tech sound systems, fashionista “drip”, melodrama beyond anything you can imagine, cafe lattes and gooey pastries. Or just watch remotely from the comforts of your own lazy boy with a BYOB beer or Starbucks from your pantry.

    Anything Hollywood puts out pales. Texas got to witness the takedown of a real live child predator right outta their mega millionaire preacher’s pulpit. Nope, can’t make this stuff up.

    Nothing in Hollywood compares to the very unfortunate exposés happening at TWW each week. Never sensationalizing, it’s all very real with a call to action: stop supporting Cosplay. Cosplay is fake. US$$$ are real. Maybe dropping Monopoly $$$ into the passing plate would be appropriate for Cosplay Clergy? Nah, don’t waste your Monopoly $$$.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  21. Cassie in Chapel Hill: KEN Andersen. Sorry, typed on my phone.
    So of the 5 members of the board of directors, 3 are also employed and paid by the church. Wow! No wonder they don’t want anyone to know who us on the board!

    Actually Andresen not Andersen. Five also seems small for an organization that is handling on the order of 10 million dollars a year in donations (and maybe 8,000 congregants) James/Jim Bax seems to be a regular Parkview member

    The previous pastor, Tim Harlow, took over Tinley Park Christian Church with a congregation of about 150 (originally Tinley Park Church of Christ sparked by a couple of women in the 1950s) and eventually turned it into Parkview Christian Church. After 33 years as pastor, he retired to Tennessee in 2023. https://christianstandard.com/2023/10/an-unbelievable-privilege-tim-harlow-retiring-after-33-years-at-parkview-christian/ and even more interesting about an 1997 congregational election where only 56% voted yes on something Harlow wanted and apparently a lot of people left after the vote though it is unclear what exactly the vote was on https://christianstandard.com/2007/04/cs_article-554/

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  24. “Don’t get out on the internet”

    … if you do, you might learn something about me!

    Reminds me of Robert Morris’ shaming of church members about “gossiping” on the internet. He called Christian watchblogs “Satan’s hit list.” Well, we found out a LOT about Mr. Morris on the internet, didn’t we!

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  26. Cynthia W.: There do seem to be people who think it’s a documentary, that what is shown on the program is definitely what actually happened. Perhaps this is because they’re not familiar with the actual text of the actual Gospels.

    A theory from Slacktivist’s page-by-page analysis/snark review of Left Behind:

    Those inside the Christianese Bubble have never been exposed to actual fiction; only Biblical FACT, FACT, FACT. (Fiction is All a Lie from the Pit of Hell, remember.) They literally cannot see the difference between (in the words of Father Brown) “True Fiction and False Fact”.

    So when they are exposed to the power of fiction and story, they automatically see a story (like Left Behind or Jack Chick Tracts/Sermon Illustrations) as FACT. And see a story as a documentary presented as FACT, FACT, FACT. And because they have never experienced story as story (only as FACT), they mistake any narrative as documentary. Which then gets filtered/judged/evaluated though the Christianese Bubble of FACT.

    P.S. The Dake’s Annotated Bible was A Big Thing during my time in-country some 50 years ago. I don’t think anybody read the KJV in the two center columns, only Dake’s voluminous notes and commentary in the outer two columns. And Dake taughtthat EVERY one of the Parables documented a 110% true event that happened exactly as-written, since Christ could not Lie and had Divine Omniscient Omnipresent knowledge of everything that ever happened. (And that was far from the weirdest FACT in his notes-turned-SCRIPTURE.)

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  27. Muff Potter,

    “So what’s the deal?
    Why are they against it?”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++

    creative license = bible & metaphor = no more book of magic with spells to live by.

    whatever will they do when there’s no magic spell for what happens on any given day.

    let alone the magic that gives them POWER (cue cartoon character briefly inflating into hulk/hercules then back down again to average joe)

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  29. Muff Potter,

    I came across some article by a pastor who was against it because whenever he prayed he would keep picturing the portrayal in the show rather than Christ as depicted in the Bible. I’ve also seen the same thing mentioned elsewhere on the internet. I do find it odd that anyone’s view of Christ would be dependent on whatever film or TV show they’ve watched.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  30. “Secretive Church Board”

    I’ve been doing church in America for the better part of a century. IMO, most, if not all, churches are “secretly” run by folks not elected/selected by the congregation. Included in their number are powerful long-time church members who think they own the church, wealthy donors, prominent businessmen, etc. Someone is always trying to tell the pastor what to do, how to preach. They will secretly make calls to the pastor through the week or meet somewhere to make sure they get their way. I think it’s safe to say that the institutional church in America is run largely by unspiritual, often ungodly, church members or dudebros in the background advising/steering church leadership. Not much of what we call church is ‘the’ Church.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  31. I attend this church. I was told by a trusted source that the Ozinga family has installed members on the Parkview Christian Church leadership board after being the largest donor. Ozinga is a very large concrete manufacturing business with a location within a very close proximity to Parkview church. Justin Ozinga just ran for Mayor of Frankfort, a neighboring community. This was fairly new that the Ozinga’s have members on this board. I wonder if there is a connection. What is the benefit for a large concrete business to influence a nearby mega church and is there a conflict of interest being a 501c3 institution?

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  32. linda,

    Thx for your feedback, Linda.

    We could list the docs that surpass Hollywood dramatic fiction. I’ll start with a few that come to mind. The Falwell Pool Boy saga is a real doozy.

    1. Shiny Happy People
    2. God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty
    3. The Secrets of Hillsong
    4. The Family with Jeff Sharlet
    Etc.

    Evangelicals are anything but boring.

    We prefer the faith journey that is honest, simple, straightforward, and joyful, but in no way entertaining. That is, without the melodrama, no “counting” kids, no pool boy 3-somes, no cool guy youth pastors slithering around for “action” with minors, then to be labeled as registered offenders as Jeff Anderson Associates does due diligence.

    Simple faith. Nothing cool, screen glorious, or stage worthy about it. To God be the glory.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  33. Arlo: he would keep picturing the portrayal in the show rather than Christ as depicted in the Bible.

    I don’t think we know from the Bible whether or not Jesus looked like Cute Accent Guy from the TV show, although Jesus probably didn’t have spectacularly perfect teeth, since he’d have had grit in his bread all his life.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  34. Headless Unicorn Guy: Dake taught that EVERY one of the Parables documented a 110% true event that happened exactly as-written,

    That is not an interpretive principle I’ve heard of. However, I have known writers or speakers to contend that there’s a connection between the real guy Lazarus, brother of Martha and Mary of Bethany, and Lazarus in the parable of the rich man and the beggar. I think it’s mostly that Eleazar was a common name.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  35. Headless Unicorn Guy,

    This makes so much sense of all the articles I’ve read that are basically ‘how should we as Christians respond to xyz artistic product of popular culture’. Whether that be Left Behind, Dan Brown novels, Taylor Swift music, The Shack, or the Chosen series. The Christian responses often reflect this dualistic approach of good/evil or truth/lies, where anything that is not 100% fact is probably a covert ploy by antagonistic forces trying to gain control of the church. They seem to have difficulty understanding the creative industry in general.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  37. Christie24: They seem to have difficulty understanding the creative industry in general.

    As a Seventies radio preacher who yelled a lot put it:
    “We are only the Creature. GOD is THE CRE A TOR!!!!!”

    And because “GOD is THE. CRE! A! TOR!!!!!”, none of the mere Creatures can be allowed to create in any way whatsoever. Not sure if this was officially taught, but that was the distinct vibe.

    Add “Christ is Coming Soon! (i.e. Any Minute Now)” and “It’s All Gonna Burn” and “Work! For the Night Is Coming!” and things get very dark for us Creatives.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  38. “because “GOD is THE. CRE! A! TOR!!!!!”, none of the mere Creatures can be allowed to create in any way whatsoever. Not sure if this was officially taught, but that was the distinct vibe.”
    ++++++++++++++++++++

    pish posh tish pshaw and nonsense.

    there are tons of unofficial doctrines that aren’t written down. (deep down the purveyors of such things know it’s too petty & stupid to commit it to paper.)

    but nevertheless they are communicated in one way or another to keep things under control & to have power over others for its own sake.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  39. As a member of Parkview Christian Church, I was astounded at the quickness of Pastor Ted maxes departure from the lead pastor at the church. I also find it very bizarre that he did it right before easter. We should have transparency in our church and by not telling us anything. They are leaving us with a big blank. And we have to fill in the blank. Something is not quite right here. i’m not sure who’s on the board. And I don’t think many of the church members know who is on the board either. It’s very sad For Parkview Christian Church.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  42. Max: Ava Aaronson: cool guy youth pastors

    … who grow up to be cool guy “lead pastors.”

    “Cool Guy” in the same sense as “Cool Mom(tM)”?
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-16-na-briefs16.1-story.html
    https://sfist.com/2021/10/25/los-gatos-parents-reveal-how-they-took-down-cool-mom-shannon-oconnor/
    (The first two of many-many hits from a search on “cool mom arrest”.)

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  44. elastigirl: “because “GOD is THE. CRE! A! TOR!!!!!”, none of the mere Creatures can be allowed to create in any way whatsoever. Not sure if this was officially taught, but that was the distinct vibe.”
    ++++++++++++++++++++

    pish posh tish pshaw and nonsense.

    It makes God into a cosmic Lord Farquar from Shrek (an acondrophasic dwarf) decreeing that all his subjects shall have their legs amputated so No One can be Taller than their Lord.

    Contrast this with Iluvatar (the big-G God in Tolkien’s legendarium) in the Ainulindale (the Creation story of Middle-Earth), Who after first creating the Ainur bade them to subcreate, and from their creative brainstorming made Arda (Middle-Earth) and Ea (All-That-Is).

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  45. Arlo: I came across some article by a pastor who was against it because whenever he prayed he would keep picturing the portrayal in the show rather than Christ as depicted in the Bible.

    Jesus is NEVER physically described in the Bible.

    This was deliberate. Remember how strict Muslim men MUST grow beards because Mohammed had a beard? How strict Muslims MUST sleep on their right side using their right hand as a pillow because Mohammed was described as sleeping in that position?

    Now imagine if Jesus Christ was physically described — His coloration, His beard and hairstyle, the color of his clothing. We’d have a Holy skin color, a Holy beard length, a Holy hairstyle, a Holy color and style of dress. GAWD HATH SAID! SCRIPTURE! SCRIPTURE! SCRIPTURE!

    (Especially skin & hair color — It’d be Branham’s Serpent Seed OD’d on Steroids.)

    Ever heard of “Subversive Wisdom of Torah”? Well, this is “Subversive Wisdom of the Gospels”.

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

  46. Headless Unicorn Guy,

    P.S. This “subversive wisdom” is also a development of the “No Graven Images” Commandment.

    Note that “some article from a pastor” was using the visuals from the show to fill in the missing visuals from the Bible.

    Humans, like all Primates, are SIGHT-oriented. Vision is our number-one sense. If two unrelated things LOOK alike, they are alike. If two related things LOOK different, they are different. “Monkey See, Monkey Do.”

    The prohibition against Graven Images functions to Force us away from “Monkey See, Monkey Do” into deeper thinking – verbal, written, abstraction. To TRANSCEND THE ANIMAL. (The opposite of, say, “TikTok Brain Rot”.)

      (Reply & quote selected text)  (Reply to this comment)

Leave a comment - Click here for our commenting rules

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *