Pastor Steve Anderson is the embodiment of almost everything extreme about independent fundamental Baptists. It seems he enjoys posting his often abrasive and extreme preaching as a series of video clips on Youtube.
I’ve posted a jaw-dropping clip of his before, and this one almost tops that. In it he defends the notion that Jesus actually wore pants, not the middle eastern style robe that the rest of us thought he wore.
I thought it might be fitting to post this on April Fools’ Day. It reveals ignorance more than the Biblical notion of the word “fool”. I do pray God will reveal to this pastor the error of his ways and help him.
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Seems the evil Mr. D will resort to all kinds of silliness to keep the “flock” divided! Actually, I’ve been looking forward to the “unisex” robes we will all wear in heaven…Of course since they will be white and we are human…I wonder if there will be shades of whiteness…*: (
I wish I could find the reference, but I remember skimming through a friend’s book in Bible college written by Jack Hyles, in which Hyles said something to the effect of, “one historian says that Jesus had short hair with a part in it.” Of course, the historian’s name wasn’t given, though I have a suspicion that his last name rhymes with Miles.
Anyway, some of these issues go beyond trivial and into the realm of strange. Not to say we ignore standards of dress or style entirely. But when you have to re-write history and make our Lord Jesus conform to the mold you’ve created, you’ve got a much bigger problem than just a preference.
Nancy,
Yes robes, harps and clouds. Or not.
Damien,
That tops the cake there. Short hair with a part in it. I bet a tapered cut, too (high off the ears).
Wow.
It is sad to have to recreate history like that.
Thanks for the comments.
Bob
Hmm. Pastor Anderson cited Scripture for his assertion. Let’s check it out. . .
Let’s see . . . Exodus 28:42. Oh. It’s wedged in the middle of a whole paragraph in my ESV Bible. Let’s see what the context reveals.
Oh, the next verse (v.43) says who these “breeches” (“linen undergarments” ESV) are to be worn by and what they are to be doing while wearing them–“and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bear guilt and die.”
I know the Lord Jesus is “Our Great High Priest,” but I thought the Lord Jesus was from the tribe of Judah. I don’t recall seeing Aaron’s name in either of his genealogies. Furthermore, I didn’t know he ever had occasion to enter the tent of meeting or to minister in the Holy Place (although he certainly did minister in the heavenly temple of Hebrews, and we’re all the better for that!)–I thought he was an itinerant preacher who was trained in carpentry.
Yes, Pastor Anderson, there are many reasons people “don’t like that kind of preaching.” One of them is a lack of concern for context.
Happy April Biblical Illiteracy Day!
Good break down, John.
I thought of saying something more but I’m still speechless when trying to think of how he could think like that or what we could say to get him not to think like that….
You can’t do something to make him stop talking like that. That’s the benefit of freedom of speech. The best speech will earn the right to be heard, and the others will gradually lose their audience. Yes, many will be mislead, but the ones who are thinking through what’s said will eventually find their way to the truth. Look how you turned out! As long as there’s life, there’s hope.
Actually that Exodus text cited proves the OPPOSITE of what Anderson asserts from it. Those undergarments were required to prevent indecent exposure, if, for example, a breeze were to lift the hem of the robe. If the servers were wearing pants, there would be no such problem. Picture a woman in a dress on a windy day. Or that famous Marilyn Monroe picture.
So he says he doesn’t wear underwear down to his knees…okay, so he doesn’t wear boxers. Big deal.
If this is the best topic this preacher could come up with for a sermon (a very inconsequential and nonsensical topic which is nothing more than a foolish and vain argument of which God instructs Christians to avoid) then he’s obviously not a very good nor experienced preacher as well as showing himself to be woefully uninformed of what Scripture teaches.
Color me unimpressd.
Oh, and did I mention the obvious lack of discernment demonstrated by “Pastor” Anderson?
“Vengeance is mine,” saith the Lord. In other words, leave judgment and vengeance to the Lord. Our only job, as beautifully established and demonstrated by Jesus Christ, is to love our neighbors and to love our God. Not to judge them. Not to mock them. But to love them, following Jesus’ perfect example. Jesus loved the prostitutes, the tax collectors, and the Roman soldiers, and today he loves Pastor Steve Anderson just as much as he loves you and me. Let us not be distracted from the message of all the major Teachings of the world: just love, love, love!