“I became as one under the law, one outside the law, and weak to the weak,” apostle explains. “I did not become ‘PastorPwns67’ to win middle-school boys.” TULSA, OK — The Apostle Paul reportedly appeared in a youth pastor’s dream Thursday night to clarify that his teaching about becoming “all things to all people” was not permission to livestream Fortnite from the pulpit while wearing a neon headset and shouting, “What’s up, Kingdom squad?” “I became as one under the law, as one outside the law, and as weak to the weak,” Paul told youth pastor Connor Briggs, 27, according to witnesses. “I surrendered my rights for the sake of the gospel. I did not make a Twitch account called PastorPwns67 , solicit subscribers, and name a sermon series Armor of God: Loadout Edition.” In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul’s “all things to all people” language appears in the context of voluntarily laying aside legitimate rights and adapting himself lawfully to remove obstacles to the gospel—not turning ministry into ...
Regular customer says he suspected something was unusual when every barista asked whether he had “a church home” after adding guacamole. AUSTIN, TX — Local man Jordan Reyes was stunned Sunday to discover that his favorite coffee bar and breakfast-burrito spot is not, as he had believed for the past 18 months, a particularly ambitious coworking café, but the foyer of a megachurch. “I thought the building was a little large for a coffee shop,” Reyes said, holding an oat-milk latte and a foil-wrapped burrito labeled The Good Samaritan. “But they had excellent parking, a full espresso bar, free Wi-Fi, a kids’ play area, and a gigantic lobby full of people in name tags. I just assumed it was one of those community-forward artisan concepts.” Megachurches are generally defined as Protestant congregations that draw at least 2,000 attendees per week, and they commonly operate substantial campuses with varied social and community programs. Church coffee shops have become common in evangelic...