I did see the article. I can understand what the youth pastor was trying. Nice try. Needless to say it backfired. Was there ever a tape of the Darling sermon on profanity?
The credibility of the Lark News site might be a bit iffy. I had to laugh at the misinformation. The article was on Christian radio stations repeat material years behind. Lester Roloff and J Vernon McGee sermons are still aired years after the preachers' deaths. Unfortunately this comment was quite interesting:
changing the pitch of a previous minister’s voice. For example, after the death of Christian radio personality Martin Wyse, Wyse’s old shows were digitally manipulated to give him a Scottish brogue, resulting in the creation of Alistair Begg, who does not actually exist.To the editor I wrote:
That is very interesting. So what you are telling me is that I do not not attend Parkside Church in Bainbridge, OH whose Senior Pastor is Alistair Begg. I do not attend the 0830 service. The website
www.parksidechurch.com is a facade and there is not an actual building near Geagua Lake Park? The Truth for Life Broadcast series on James last week was edited from services I attended from were from spring of 2007.
I guess I must be seriously deluded that I am not working on an event next weekend for TFL listeners.
I understand the tape loop. Lester Roloff and J Vernon McGee have been gone for years but the tapes do drone on. I understand that whole heartedly. The general thesis of the article is quite sound. However, with apologies to Mark Twain, rumors of an aparation of Alistair Begg have been greatly exaggerated.
Unfortunately I failed to run a spell check, so my credibility may be found wonting. The Larks have a point. This was back in the days when TV stations signed off around 2AM after the Late Show Movies. My father was notorious for falling asleep with the TV on. I walked into the Living Room to shut off the idiot box. I noticed the obligatory sermonette came on prior to sign off with "Our National Anthem" and the Indian Head Test pattern. The preacher looked oddly familiar. It was an old faded Black and White tape which had seen better days. It was the minister emeritus of the church was I was going to in High School. It was in the heyday of his ministry -- and he had hair. Sorry for the rabbit trail, but I could not resist. BTW, I am not dating myself, am I?
