{"id":779,"date":"2008-02-08T17:33:58","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/08\/the-super-bowl-golden-calf-goes-to-church.html"},"modified":"2012-03-12T19:34:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T00:34:59","slug":"the-super-bowl-golden-calf-goes-to-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/the-super-bowl-golden-calf-goes-to-church.html","title":{"rendered":"The Super Bowl Golden Calf goes to church"},"content":{"rendered":"

If\u00a0Paul Procter\u00a0discernment about this golden calf hits a little to close to home at your church. Maybe something should change at your church<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“If you can’t
\nbeat ’em – join ’em.” And so, the Church Super Bowl party was born. <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of
\nsimply staying at home or heading out to some sports bar to watch the game in
\npostponed shame and make apologies or excuses later for choosing football over
\nfaith, many decided to just take the big game to church with them as if that
\nsomehow made it holy. As the numbers and excitement around megachurch big
\nscreens grew, another golden calf emerged. <\/span><\/p>\n

But of course,
\nthose few not given to compromise objected to the idea since it unduly elevated
\na sporting event to idol status, redirecting Sunday praise and worship, normally
\nreserved for the God of the universe, to the gods of the gridiron where felt
\nneeds trump Christian creeds and old school notions like personal sacrifice,
\nsanctification, edification and holiness are sidelined in the interest of
\nexpediency and appetite. More, it seemed, needed to be done to bring these
\nobjectors onboard the Good Ship Relevance so they’d stop rocking it.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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