March 7 2026 I was asked my opinion on a preacher playing games watching poor choice movies and why the church isn’t growing. This is my response… well, at least a few words, as I had several hundred more.

The pulpit is not for men who refuse to be corrected by Scripture and conscience in their private lives.

A pastor’s job is not a name brand, a platform for sales and cash flow, social media status or a hobby. A pastor is a man who will one day answer to God for the souls he shepherded, and, yes for the way he lived when no one was looking. If that reality does not terrify him enough to make him  careful with what he lets into his mind, his home, and his heart, he has no business standing behind a pulpit.This is not about personal preferences. This is not about being “old‑fashioned” or “hyper‑religious.” This is about whether a man who claims to speak for God is actually living under the fear of God.

The preacher that truly and really knows Christ trembles at His Word never casually inviting Satan’s filth into his home, heart, mind or spirit, nor the family he claims to hold dear. Preachers can’t sit in the living room with a remote in their hands, and then walk into church on Sunday expecting the Holy Spirit to move powerfully through his half consecrated life
If this individual will stand up and preach against sin, but he sits down at home and is entertained by it, he is not bold, he is double minded. He is not a man; he’s a milquetoast!

No matter the smile or the willingness, or the kindness he projects; Satan led the choirs of Heaven! Get it!  This charlatan is not “relatable”, and much like a slack soldier in war, he is compromised. He is not “free in Christ” he is numb. Daily routine or mouthing prayers or being a “good buddy ” means nothing to Christ or ministry.

Pastoral ministry is not a role you try on like a jacket. It is a calling that Scripture loads with terrifying weight:
“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.” (1 Timothy 3:1-7, KJV)

NO RED DEAD REDEMPTION GAMES or Other filthy, crude games or movies. Yes locally there are pastors playing games and watching crap and their family is dyed in the same ink because of poor leadership. Yes, Yes, Yes,,, some things are harmless, yes it’s OK to have fun, stay up late, and be maliable, for goodness sakes even an oak bends with the wind so as not to break itself by strict posture. There is a way to enjoy life, I grew up watching my parents and grandparents and we had loads of memorable fun.
That is not a suggestion; it is a requirement. If a pastor chooses to fill his hours with shows, games, and music that drag the name of Jesus through the mud, glorify fornication, or sit and play games where God’s name is used improperly. You cannot preach about the holiness of God with credibility when you laughed at His name being cursed for three hours the night before. You cannot plead with people to flee from sin while you unwind by watching it in high definition and calling it “just entertainment.”
That dog won’t hunt! I don’t care who gets mad or yells grace grace… I’m right on this and will not budge.
Praying to God for revival, healing, church growth and more on Sunday and binge on spiritual poison on Monday through Saturday and expect heaven to take you seriously.This is not about one slip‑up or one foolish choice; every pastor is still a sinner in need of grace.
This shows pattern,dedication to the direction, Appetite for the world and purely said: . If the steady diet of a pastor’s private life is content that grieves the Holy Spirit including blasphemy, violence glamorized, sexual immorality celebrated, cruelty treated as humor, then his public ministry will carry that stench, no matter how polished his sermons are. A polluted spring cannot give pure water. A divided heart cannot give undivided counsel.

Imagine a shepherd who leaves the gates open, letting wolves wander among the sheep, and then gives a passionate speech at night about “protecting the flock.” That is what it looks like when a pastor knowingly entertains himself with what destroys soul; If it is “no big deal” to him that the holy name of God is cursed over and over for laughs or emphasis, then that same name will not carry weight when he speaks it in the pulpit.
Let’s me be blunt: you cannot preach the fear of the Lord with a heart that treats the Lord as background noise.

The Pulpit Is Not A Stage For Hypocrites, and no pastor will be perfect. That must be said clearly, grace is not a blanket to cover willful compromise so a man can keep his job. Grace is the power of God to turn a man from his sin and cleanse him from it. The man who says, “It’s just a game. It’s just a show. Everyone does it. Don’t be so legalistic.” That man is using “grace” as a shield to protect his idols.If a pastor can endure hours of content that insults the God he claims to love, but cannot endure five minutes of someone questioning whether that’s appropriate for a spiritual leader, something is terribly off. If he gets more angry at being confronted than he feels grieved at the way God is being treated, we have found his real god: his comfort, his entertainment, his freedom, his image.
The pulpit is not for men who refuse to be corrected by Scripture and conscience in their private lives.