Don’t think for a minute that Rick was encouraging people to take off their shoes in order to be reverent in God’s presence. No! Rick just wanted them to get something to twirl around while he sung a popular song from the 80′s called You Spin Me Right Round as a “praise song” by changing the word “baby” to “Jesus.” The original song was sung by transvestite Peter Burns.
Rick Pino also promotes his album Angel of Awakening by saying: “In late October 2006 I was visited by the angel of Zechariah chapter 4. In this encounter, the Lord used this messenger to speak to me about how He was going to be releasing this mighty angel to blow the trumpet of awakening in the earth the following year. ‘Angel of Awakening’ is part of that emerging sound of awakening! A sound of bones rattling in the desert! This studio project is a compilation of songs that I have received from the Lord, and songs that the Lord poured out spontaneously in the sessions. As you listen, I pray that you would be awakened to love again, to life again, and to your destiny in Him as sons and daughters.”
So this guy Rick wants us to believe that angels come down from God and give him this stuff. Well, there are a lot of false prophets like Rick running around the world these days. Such have been around since the beginning of time.
I would just caution all worship leaders to be careful about what your people are listening to, where you are getting your songs, how you define worship, and which ministries are making a mockery of our Lord.
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Wow, I mean my goodness. What do you really even say to this? Seriously, what do you even say to this level of foolishness and irreverence for the name above all names?
I’ll have to put this up on my blog.
I posted a review of another one of Pino’s videos a while ago. Man those Charismaniacs are mean when you pick on one of their boys. The guy reminds me Jack Black a bit.
http://signofjonah.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/getting-messed-up/
I go to a church that has great expository preaching. But the worship is idolatrous, oppressive, loud…
The “band” is getting louder and louder so that you can hardly hear the congregational singing. Whatever happened to “accompanist”?
I know of churches where the so-called “worship leader” rebels against attempted direction by the pastor; “God tells me what to play”.
What a horrible mess.
Music is going to be the downfall of many good churches where the word is still preached in authority.
“I know of churches where the so-called “worship leader” rebels against attempted direction by the pastor; “God tells me what to play”.”
I have been there my friend. I think this is one of the many reasons that churches should have some clear-cut guidelines regarding music (regulative principle, anyone?) so someone can’t take the Mormon approach of God giving them some new revelation about what to sing/play.
Patrick
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