I mostly stopped in for the music. Piped Christmas music into the parking lot, many volunteer ""handlers"" to insure that everything runs like the Pastor / CEO wants it to - the guy directing the seating on my row looked like he could also be a bouncer, Starbucks Coffee. Rock concert / TV show kind of set, lighting, cameras. I always wonder about the behind the scenes ""board"" and how accountable the pastor is to them and whether dissenting views are allowed and how controlled free thought is. It is conservative Texas after all. The offering came immediately following the up tempo, emotive music and singing which is excellent marketing. The message on forgiveness was relevant and challenging - though the theology gave a mixed message of .... you can be saved by an all loving God, but you can also lose salvation it and definitely risk burning in hell if you don't forgive. Not sure if the pastor is deeply thinking enough to be consistent... but fear is a powerful persuader.
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