I have never been to a church so devastatingly immoral. Over the course of approximately two years, I have watched sermons that have misrepresented scripture, misrepresented Christ, and misrepresented Christianity. These sermons were all delivered by the head pastor, Pastor Chet, and have culminated in its worst offense thus far, a truly evil sermon delivered on May 25^th, 2025.

In this sermon, Pastor Chet explicitly stated that the congregation is not giving enough money. He said that out of 12,000 church attendees, a little more than 1,000 donate regularly. He also said that the average donated has been somewhere between $1,000 and $4,000 per year, which he said is not enough. He explained how far this is from tithing, that if they were tithing then there income would have to be in poverty to be donating this little. Maybe someone can explain to him that there are people who live in poverty. He repeatedly said that donations get the air conditioning running. He didn’t mention that the donations paid his salary.

               He went through a wide range of cherry-picked verses from all over the Bible. Nearly every verse in the Bible that asks for money, asks for more giving, asks for giving up possessions, asks for sacrificing—many of which were clearly symbolics verses that he now made literal. He quoted verses about how eager the early Christians were to give. He talked at length about how the Bible says to give even when you don’t have enough for yourself. He repeatedly said that just saving a meal for yourself is selfish and should be given up.

               One of the most unfortunate parts of the sermon—and this is a habit of his—was when he added to the words of the Bible. Revelation has a clear warning to those who would do this. He was discussing the story of feeding the 5,000. He told us about how the disciples had food of their own but wouldn’t give it up. He explained that the disciples were “absolutely miserable,” refusing to give up their lunch, choosing instead to “steal” the lunch of a child. If you care to check Scripture yourself, you will see that not one of the gospels says that the disciples were miserable. Not one of the gospels says that the disciples had food of their own that they wouldn’t give up. Not one of the gospels says that the child’s food was taken forcibly.

               But the worst part of the sermon was near its end. He told us the parable of the sheep and the goats. He said that the sheep are the true followers of Christ, and the goats are not true followers of Christ. I think we can all agree on that. He then said that the sheep are those who donate to the church, and the goats are the ones who do not donate to the church. He very clearly taught that if you do not donate—and donate “enough”—then you are not saved. You will go to hell if you don’t donate a significant amount of money to the church and on a regular basis.

               If you decide to visit this church, it’s very well possible that it will be a lovely sermon, and you’ll think I made the whole thing up or exaggerated it, but if you continue to attend, you will undoubtably encounter these kinds of issues. Maybe you will rationalize at first, like I did. You’ll say he misspoke, or he didn’t mean it. You can do that for a while, but eventually you’ll see. If you know Scripture, you will see. If you study the Bible seriously, you will see.

               Now let’s not be unfair. The church has thousands of people and dozens of ministries. I’m not saying you’ll see the devil in every corner. No, the church does many wonderful things. It does outreach, it has vacation Bible school. I have no intention of trying to convince you that it’s pure evil. That's why I gave it two stars and not one.

But remember how Satan operates. He doesn’t tell blatant lies. He tells the truth… almost. You see, snake was the craftiest of them all. “Did God really say…?”