{"id":3468,"date":"2010-08-12T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T17:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2011-05-03T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:23:31","slug":"is-your-church-as-cool-as-the-cool-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/08\/is-your-church-as-cool-as-the-cool-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Is your church as cool as The Cool Church?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a church (I think it’s in Arizona) known as The Cool Church<\/a>. And they sponsor the traffic and weather.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a video from The Cool Church’s pastor, Mr. David McAllister… it’s about quicksand.<\/p>\n

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Is your church a cool church, too?<\/p>\n

Does your pastor have spiky blond hair? (Uh, sort of. But not exactly<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Is he tan? (Maybe<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Does he have muscles? (Hmm. He runs. Does that count?<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Does he make videos? (Yes. Yes he does<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Well, according to this criteria, my church<\/a> might<\/em> be cool.<\/p>\n

So what about yours? Is your church cool?<\/p>\n

First video found at Everything Is Terrible<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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