Watched Robin William’s Man of the Year the other night. Funny, funny, funny. The plot is rather simplistic but drives home some great points. Robin plays Tom Dobbs, an irreverent, late night political talk show host who decides to run for president and wins on a voting machine computer error. His wit and his bashing of both political parties does endear him to many voters though. In a great line of the movie, Tom’s joke writer Eddie, played by Lewis Black, comments on Tom’s popularity vs. his opponents – "He sounds different, that’s why they hear him!"

In today’s culture where the popularity of the church is waning and preachers no longer occupy a place of honor in our society, I wonder how many preachers are heard through the clutter of traditional rhetoric that is preached from America’s pulpits. I am not talking about the Gospel, I am referring to the message of condemnation or irrelevant rants that don’t produce life-change, transformation and maturing disciples of Christ. If our message is not echoing the message of Jesus, we’re not being heard!