This magazine has had its share of Christian celebrities on its covers: Pastors of mega-churches, award-winning musicians, best-selling authors, you name it. We all love famous people - perhaps because we envy their success, or maybe because we are just curious whether they have flaws.
In the end, these flawed celebrities often disappoint us. Ten of the ministry leaders we featured on the covers of Charisma in the 1980s eventually endured embarrassing scandals. And two of the six mega churches we featured 16 years ago in a series called 'Outstanding Churches of America' disbanded because of moral failures.
What seems to glitter with success today may not stand the heat of God's refining fire tomorrow. What grabs the spotlight usually turns out to be a distracting sideshow.
Charisma Magazine, January 2002.
In the end, these flawed celebrities often disappoint us. Ten of the ministry leaders we featured on the covers of Charisma in the 1980s eventually endured embarrassing scandals. And two of the six mega churches we featured 16 years ago in a series called 'Outstanding Churches of America' disbanded because of moral failures.
What seems to glitter with success today may not stand the heat of God's refining fire tomorrow. What grabs the spotlight usually turns out to be a distracting sideshow.
Charisma Magazine, January 2002.
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