This is what happens when the Common Sense God gives you Runs Amok...
....they became fools... Romans 1:22---this kind of Tomfoolery is what embarrasses Christianity in the public arena...
"A pastor in Pataskala, Ohio, had members of the public reacting with shock and disgust this week after a video of him allowing children in an after school program to hit, spit on and even cut him with a steak knife to illustrate a message about Easter.
A recording of the message shared on Facebook by Lola Hatfield, shows part-time pastor of Impact City Church, Jaddeus Dempsey, being spat on by several young boys who then later slap him repeatedly in the face without any reaction from the pastor.
Dempsey then removes his shirt and picks up a steak knife and offers it to one of the boys and tells him to cut him “gently.”
This request however was met with an incredulous “Are you serious!”
The pastor insisted that he be cut however until one of the boys steps up and draws the blade across his back.
One parent, whose son is featured in the video, said she got a call from a friend warning her about what was happening at the church.
“The guy who is in the video turns around and grabs the knife and he hands it right to my son,” the parent identified only as Mandy told 10TV.
She said she and her husband Josh rushed to the church to pick up their son because they found the event inappropriate.
The church’s lead pastor, Justin Ross, in an appearance with Dempsey, later apologized for the incident in a video message on Facebook Monday.
Ross said the incident took place during the church’s student “after school hangout.”
“Jaddeus got up in front of his students and he says, ‘I’m gonna ask you to do something that might seem a little crazy, but if there is anyone here that would like to spit in my face you can do so without any repercussions.’ Now the students were a little caught off guard. Some got excited about it as they never had the opportunity to willingly spit in someone’s face and several students took him up on it,” he said.
The process was repeated with the offer to slap Dempsey in the face as well as cut him with the steak knife." CP
tom·fool·er·y
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"A pastor in Pataskala, Ohio, had members of the public reacting with shock and disgust this week after a video of him allowing children in an after school program to hit, spit on and even cut him with a steak knife to illustrate a message about Easter.
A recording of the message shared on Facebook by Lola Hatfield, shows part-time pastor of Impact City Church, Jaddeus Dempsey, being spat on by several young boys who then later slap him repeatedly in the face without any reaction from the pastor.
Dempsey then removes his shirt and picks up a steak knife and offers it to one of the boys and tells him to cut him “gently.”
This request however was met with an incredulous “Are you serious!”
The pastor insisted that he be cut however until one of the boys steps up and draws the blade across his back.
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One parent, whose son is featured in the video, said she got a call from a friend warning her about what was happening at the church.
“The guy who is in the video turns around and grabs the knife and he hands it right to my son,” the parent identified only as Mandy told 10TV.
She said she and her husband Josh rushed to the church to pick up their son because they found the event inappropriate.
The church’s lead pastor, Justin Ross, in an appearance with Dempsey, later apologized for the incident in a video message on Facebook Monday.
Ross said the incident took place during the church’s student “after school hangout.”
“Jaddeus got up in front of his students and he says, ‘I’m gonna ask you to do something that might seem a little crazy, but if there is anyone here that would like to spit in my face you can do so without any repercussions.’ Now the students were a little caught off guard. Some got excited about it as they never had the opportunity to willingly spit in someone’s face and several students took him up on it,” he said.
The process was repeated with the offer to slap Dempsey in the face as well as cut him with the steak knife." CP
REALLY?