Opinion Poll

What do you think of a sermon series done on a popular book or TV show?

The church I'm at now has done a sermon series in the past on The Shack by William P. Young. I've heard of one back in NE that did one on Seinfeld.

I'm kind of torn on this issue. I'm a firm believer that different congregations have different needs, and that even includes styles of worship. I'll never pick on set side in the traditional vs. contemporary debate, period (although I do have my preferences). Maybe some people just aren't ready for being fully submerged in the Word right off the bat and may need those secular references to grasp it before branching away from their comfort zone of the familiar. Some congregations do have a lot of people who have had that solid Lutheran upbringing, but some congregations have people who have not come from any sort of religious background at all. If I had to take a stand, I'd say that as long as the people leave there knowing and believing they have a loving Savior who died for each of them, a lot of good has been done. At the same time, I know that it's dangerous territory. It'd be so, so easy to slip into the wrong focus (worldly versus Godly) on the part of the message or what an individual walks away with. This just brings me back to my thought of different congregations, different needs.

So what do you think?

~"He can speak intelligently about almost anything, and even though you sense he has strong convictions, he has a gentle way about him that lets you keep yours." [The Shack]~