Last week controversy erupted when New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady held a press conference in which he repeatedly denied knowing of any tampering with footballs prior to the Patriots’ AFC Championship win. Since then “Deflategate” has been hotly debated by pundits, politicians, and even scientists. We don’t know much about deflated footballs, but we wanted in on the fun. So we took to Twitter with a related ministry question for church leaders:
What is the ministry equivalent of playing with a deflated football?
Some of the top responses:
Planting people in the congregation to respond to an altar call to get things moving. @TylerWS
Referring to transfer growth as “revival.” @MarkDrinnenberg
Ghostwriters and sermon research assistants. @jr_briggs
Counting visitors as regular attenders. @JoelMayward
Putting a little something “extra” in your water when you preach a fire & brimstone sermon. @BamaBacon
Plagiarized sermons. @Peacemeal5
Saying you put aside the message you "had prepared" to go with "the one the Spirit just gave you" on the way to pulpit. @stevejnorman
Counting online "church" attendance. @garetrobinson
Tucking your notes inside your Bible so it looks like you're freewheelin' it straight from the text. @StephenMcAlpin
Using The Message Bible. @Daniel__J
Whatever Joel Osteen is doing. @RichardReeb
Now it’s your turn. What are some other ministry sorta cheats?
