"MegaFest, "Madea" & Other CHEAP MAGIC TRICKS!"

I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of these religious freaks playing games with the things of God. I have written several books and dozens of articles on various aspects of Christendom and the Kingdom of God. I have hosted dozens of radio shows and television interviews. I and my team have conducted many seminars in community centers, prisons, schools and churches over the years about the Belligerent Christ and His Incredible Marketplace Ministry of reconciliation and redemption.

Needless to say, as a black man it is particularly precarious to target the "Black Church" or have the audacity to indict the venerated "Black preacher" or implicate him/her in any scandal, perversity or unscrupulous behavior. Specifically, I and my partners in Mandate have been ostracized for being "too hard" on the church and berated that we "need to get over it" and leave their beloved "Mant of Gawd" alone! The Amazing Kreskin, Blackstone, David Blaine, Harry Houdini and Penn & Teller have nothing on these "fake healers!"

Never mind the seemingly incessant barrage of news feeds from all over the nation about pastoral abuse, rape, pedophilia, extortion, bribery, adultery and fiscal irresponsibility. All the "Christians" want to do is "pray" for their pastors' deliverance and sit back passively and allow him/her to continue in their sin without reprimand, reprise or removal. Not so with the "Believers" who are desperately seeking truth and integrity in the ministry and are "calling the demons out" and have waged war against the devil and his kids (many of whom where collars and pastor mega churches)!

Some of these "witches and warlocks" are your favorite celebrity preachers. Just because they have a cable TV show on TBN or INSP, they have been given the "green light" from the religious folk to operate without impunity! I have often been a major critic of these "MegaFest", Baptist Conventions and Christian Conferences held specically for the "hopeless poor" looking for a financial blessing from an imaginary ATM in the sky!

Look at this foolishness here:

This photo was taken recently at the MegaFest 2013 at the Potters House in Dallas, TX hosted by TD Jakes. If you look closely, you will notice three strange things:

1. TD Jakes is NOT preaching or sweating!
2. Tyler Perry aka "Madea" is "laying hands" on the Bishop!
3. Tyler Perry aka "Madea" is "laying hands" on the Bishop! (This is NOT a misprint!)

Can somebody please tell me what in the world is happening here? The ONLY reason why there was more than ONE person still sitting in the audience during this fiasco is because they were being entertained. You can't think for one second that the Lord God was present during this madness! These folks were more interested in encountering MAN than GOD!

So people, just think about your favorite magician growing up. The rabbit in the hat, sawing the lady in half and disappearing doves all dumbfounded us as little children. As we grew older, we understood that there was no "real" magic happening on stage. The magician was skillful at creating a diversion by having us focus on something other than the place where the real trick was going down. We came to learn about the secret compartments and body doubles and hidden pockets and double-lined sleeves to hide the birds. Hopefully, the same trick that fooled you at age 5 doesn't still "get you every time!"                                                                   

                                                  A "magician" saws a woman in half!

 

The institutional church has become a "safe haven" for every manner of snake oil salesman and huckster looking to sell their wares to a naive, forgiving and amnesiac congregation. The people are extremely comfortable with giving away their fortunes to these charlatans. The sad thing to me is that the people "NEED" to do it!

At the end of the day, this is the mess that we have created and the people love it that way!