We are told we’re created in the image of God, but every conversation of our bodies is cloaked in shame and sin while naming everyone but ourselves as the owners of our personhood. His sermon engages a long history of men preaching about the bodies of women with themselves, their opinions, and desirability as it concerns us as the center. Todd’s choice to shame a trend that he’s obviously been scrolling through is just the tipping point of hypocrisy in the pulpit. Todd’s use of the Silhouette Challenge, however, is strange and begs the question Jameelah Jones asks: “How do you know about the silhouette challenge and what women are showing under their clothes?” Given that Pastor has likely curated his timeline to like-minded people and that there are no accidents in the algorithm, to see so many of a very specific niche challenge means that one has attuned their algorithm to it through consistent engagement. Male pastors often choose to parade the bodies of women – who make up the majority of congregations – through their sermons. Yet this sermonic moment lacked a challenge to men to consider their mindset while pushing performative modesty onto women in Jesus’s name. It feels like stating the obvious here but if a man doesn’t want to get to know me after seeing the illusion of nudity, the problem is his intention, not my actions. Yet, Todd drops the ball when speaking to women, diminishing our worth to the sum of our body parts. In an attempt at equity, Todd does put the onus on other men in his sermon, asking them to “be a husband that is not trying to impress his college buddies, but be an anchor for your family that may not be as impressive on the ‘gram but you’re impacting the next generation to love and lead their families.” These words see the fullness of men’s humanity and speak to the height of their potential to hold families together and heal generational cycles of brokenness. Todd may be the most recent voice admonishing women to not seek to be impressive with their bodies, but his words echo a generations-long tradition of the church’s repression of women’s bodies and sexuality. & worked in orivate christian school (10)yrs.Let’s call a thing a thing, here. meaning you have many talents! I ask God’s blessing on you & your family!You teach to a congregation of youth that minds have been blocked by generational sin, & abandonment of God!Hopefully, discernment,simplicity,single titled words like Deep,Crazy Faith, broken down the sweet way with skill & video & fun will win souls before Jesus comes! I have been following your style different than I grew up! I understand as a retired Probtion Officer of 15 yrs, (3) yrs. Pastor Mike I have been watching you for weeks! I am 69,& live in NC!I believe you are preaching the inerrant word of God & you are gifted in much. Lastly, Pastor Todd and his wife are very energetic people who will go to any length to see that the gospel gets to every possible part of the Globe.It should also be noted that Pastor todd is a good Singer.The lead pastor of Transformation Church, Pastor Todd is a lover of kids and he also loves to dress in a very cute way.Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church is estimated to worth about $5 Million as at 2020.
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