The implosion of the celebrity christian industrial complex continues with the dropping of more public figures. No surprises here.

Thus sayeth the Lord…

God told me…

God told me, word-for-word, a new message every week, which I’m posting on social media and it is resonating deeply

encouraging you

and getting me tons of likes and

blessing you

and new followers and

targeting you

and more sales.

Yep, sales.

And there’s the rub: when your Christian leadership gets tied up with money and power and fame and celebrity and honor and respect, you’re on dangerous footing.

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But genuinely it is sad that another one—dare I say leader?—has taken a fall.

We’ve got one or more of his books. I couldn’t read it. Terribly written. But it appealed to the “God told me crowd.” I’m not saying it’s bad. I wouldn’t know.

It is sad that people were led astray.

It is sad when a Called leader forsakes the call but maintains the position, using it for personal gain or pleasure or position or sin.

It’s not illegal to want or seek power or wealth or fame or position. It won’t satisfy you, but you’re free to pursue it. Go for it if you must.

But take heed, friend: the Christian leadership space ain’t the space for it. The church is the space for dying to self, humility, sacrifice, painful obedience, never thinking more highly of yourself than you ought.

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Oh help me in ways that I cannot help myself: to see, to be humble, to be weak that You may be strong. The temptation to self-love and self-worship and self-protection is so great. Have mercy! Please help.