There! I’ve admitted it.
I feel better. Twice in just a couple of months I’ve confessed my hatred. First of smoothie bars, and now, of a gentleman in Anderson, S.C. by the name of Perry Noble. Hatred can be such a cruel master.
So, what’s my beef with the Noblemeister? Allow me to enumerate:
1. He’s in Anderson, South Carolina
I live in North Carolina. I have this long-standing love/hate thing with South Carolina. Growing up in southeastern North Carolina, very close to the South Carolina border and Myrtle Beach, I spent mucho time in the southern Carolina. Most of my childhood and teen memories of the southern neighbor are pleasant and evoke fun memories. But—isn’t there always one of those—there was a rivalry. Those of us living on the border contended with this rivalry daily. Jokes abound, insults are the norm. So, naturally, there is a tendency to have a bit of a condescending, look down the nose, mildly snooty air about our southern counterpart.
2. He’s so dang transparent!
Come on! When you’re as successful, you’re supposed to have a air of mystic about you. With Perry, what you see is what you get…that’s not how a pastor is supposed to be!
3. He makes Christianity way too attractive and simple.
Someone needs to tell him that its not supposed to be fun, life-changing, and understandable. Why, he gives traditional Christianity a bad name!
4. He motivates you.
Why in the world would he do that? Doesn’t he understand that the Christian is supposed to just sit in the pew and mouth nice platitudes? There isn’t supposed to be action behind our words.
and finally, I hate Perry Noble because
5. He honestly wants to see others succeed.
Go figure. Makes no sense does it?
Perry Nobel is definitely someone I hate . . . to not be like. Thanks Perry for the inspiration!
Agreed wholeheartedly. I’m a pastor in Wilmore, KY (home of Asbury College and Asbury Theological Seminary). We went to Newspring for their Unleash conference last week and had a great time. Perry is who he is and who he is in love with Jesus and totally OK with who Jesus has created him to be.
I am grateful for leaders like Perry and you nailed exactly the kind of things that make him an awesome, Spirit-blessed leader!
Maybe we brushed shoulders at NewSpring!
Our church took 15 from here in Wilmington, NC and it made a profound impact on us.
I’m honored that God would put people like Perry in the spotlight so folks like us can personify what it means to be passionate about your faith — Perry takes the heat while we are allowed to grow! Don’t we serve an amazing God?!
Perhaps we did. It was just me and another fellow from our church, but I wish I had brought the whole staff and a few other leaders.
Awesome experience.
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Actually, the way you threw me off by the way your titled your message, leading me to believe you really hated him, but then showed your admiration and appreciation for Perry, was very Perry-esque. So perhaps your are more “like” him than “not”!
I also hold Perry in high esteem, as a member of his church and seeing him as a man who is completely transparent. No artifice, no fakeness, just a man who is passionately and completely in love with Jesus Christ. Not a bad guy to be like at all!
Wayne,
I think Perry is the best thing the church has seen in a very long time. I am very much “like him, and have absolutely nothing against him.
I know of nothing he does that I disagree with (surely there must be something! I’m a cantankerous fellow and never agree with everything that anyone says; I just don’t know anything that Perry believes, does, insinuates, dreams, or eats that upsets me. Maybe one day I’ll find something!
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You should be proud to have him as your pastor. The man is a true Jesus follower.
Whoa! I “googled” Perry Noble just to see what would come up and saw your “I hate Perry Noble…” Ready to defend my pastor I clicked on your link. Love it! You are so right! He is awesome! We have been members of NewSpring for several years and I look forward to every Sunday. I never leave there without being changed.
My son and I had the true honor to volunteer during Unleash. It was a profound day in my life to have the opportunity to look down from the 2nd floor and pray for the hundreds of church leaders that were milling around, to hear some of the teachings and to do a very small part to help. It is a day I will never forget.
Thank for for making the Unleash party so wonderful for those of us who attended! It was the dedication of folks like you that we brought back with us and have used to inspire the same in our members.
Thank you for setting the bar so high. It makes us have to get out of our complacency in order to come up to where NewSpringers already are!
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Your title had me fooled. I agree that he makes worshiping and loving the Lord fun, exactly what it should be! Great leader, inspirational speaker, and tell it to your face honeststy!
Just ran across your post and just returned from Unleash 08. Our team has been greatly impacted by Perry and the success he draws out of the people around him…great post!
u r soooo mean!
why are you trashing a man who is trying, and succeeding, in leading people to Christ. u obviously need Christ more than some people.
if u have the time to sit in your mothers basement and type this, u need to get your big fat butt off your seat and get a job, get married, have kids, and make your momma proud! i may only be 13, but i obviously have more since than u do! u were right about hate being such a strong word, it is, so don’t use it! perry has done more things since 1990(when he accepted Christ into his life) than u could ever imagine! he led my best friends’ dad to Christ in only 1, yes 1, sermon. try that buddy boy! we’ve had over 2,000 people be babtised in one day. so next time you wanna talk about someone, stop and think about what i’ve said.
Lauren,
You really ought to read what I wrote before launching into an attack on me. You see, I think Perry is doing an absolutely remarkable job at NewSpring. God is obviously blessing him and his ministry; I pray for even greater deeds to spring from him.
Besides, my mother doesn’t have a basement (and she lives too far from me to run to it and write, even if she did), I do have a job, I am married, I do have kids and I’m glad you have more “since” than I do.
I will grant, however, that my butt probably is fatter than it should be and I probably should get off it more often. It’s also been a long time since I was called “buddy boy” — thanks!
Lauren is funny. Man you really can’t judge a “blog” by the title. Having worked at NS for a while, I know Pastor P and he really IS the man.
Deacon & Usher were here….
deaconandusher.wordpress.com
I know a young lady in Anderson that is like my second daughter. When she began in New Spring a couple of years ago, she was disillusioned with church as she had just experienced a church split. She knew Jesus but only in the confines of occult like teaching. Because of the passion that Jesus has given to Perry, she has been able to discover Jesus the way He always meant her to. She is bearing fruit in her life which is a sign to me that what New Spring is about is real.
Karen,
What you noted is what jazzes me up! The zeal to reach the unreachable, the passion to give life to those who are dying, love — simple, real love — is what Perry and NewSpring is about. It is what drives me in my own walk and when I see others doing the same, I want to share it.
And what better way to share it than to use a title that will get the attention of everyone!
Thanks for stopping in and for sharing.
Joe,
Fantastic post. Great title (equals Google love, huh?), great message.
Bill
I’ve been going to New Springs for the past few weeks now, and I can’t seem to get enough. I wish that their were more days of the week to hear his messages. The first time I came you could feel the Holy Sprit all in that place, something that I haven’t felt like anywhere else.
The music, and the words to the songs really make you think, of how good God really is.
Thanks So Much Perry
What a catching title…my mouth literally dropped. I was astounded to read such a horrible statement…but, I luckily proceeded to read the rest of the post and am so thankful for doing so! I wholeheartedly agree. I don’t know how many people I’ve pointed to watch Him because I can’t help but see God….and who doesn’t want to see and be a part of that? Thanks for the post.
Gotcha!
This guy is not a good pastor.
David,
An opinion is not a statement of fact. It is simply that, an opinion. If you’re a an active member at NewSpring you at least have some merit to base a viable opinion upon; if not, it has no value.
I agree, just watched it myself. False shepherd and a hirling according to scripture. KEEP AWAY!!!!
Paul,
Who are you? What gives you the right and authority to pontificate about the heretical stance of a man based upon a single video? I’d suggest dropping that stone before firing it off in such haste.
Are you and David related? If not, you’d best check your computer because David is using it!
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DANg when I saw the title scarey but Perry has really got us on fire and unleash I wondered why I went to the conference and now know God had a plan thank you for encouraging our own PK
Perry Noble is a sicko. He even looks like a angry maniac possessed by the devil. Most of you who follow goat herders like him are probably children of the Devil just like he is.
My, my…
I’m curious as to why you are being so charitable in your faith.
WOW… if God has not showed up in your room and told you to your face that Perry is a “false whatever,” possessed… I’m with Joe.. drop the stone and check yourself before you criticize a man of God. Don’t continue making the mistake that “religion” “denomination”, and “theology” has more value than Jesus. Go check out some sermons on Newspring’s site. Some people are SO “religious” that you need to be offended that you might know Jesus. I am SO thankful that God is NOT a God of religion, denomination.. Oh yeah.. most people that are trying to throw stones are the very people Jesus talked about that he despised. Funny how the stones just don’t even hit Perry thanks to the presence of God being all up in him and around him.
The thing about NewSpring and Perry is that it is, without intent, always about NewSpring and Perry…and people do love Perry…
Questionable methodology at NS. …And I attended NS for years and know of which I speak..
My NS experience: http://ronclick.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/an-ecclesiastical-journey/
Ron,
Thank you for stopping by. Thank you for your piece on SSC/NS. Fair, insightful and spoken with longing for what could and should have been. May you find what you are seeking. Please continue to blog; my perusal of your mental calisthenics left me encouraged.
Thank for for making the Unleash party so wonderful for those of us who attended
I am grateful for leaders like Perry and you nailed exactly the kind of things that make him an awesome, Spirit-blessed leader
Aren’t you just happy enough to watch New Spring in their slow conversion over to the Church of the New Revelation as told by the Prophet Joesph Foster?
I have no clue what you’re talking about. Seems you’ve got a bone to pick with someone.
I have to admit when I saw the title of your post you made me scratch my head. Good post! I too was at Unleashed this year. Their church is doing good for the Kingdom.
I was about to write that you were an absolutly crazy “christian”. You were making me so mad. Than I read your last sentence! I just about kicked myself in the tail. I am a Newspring owner and honestly Newspring has mad me the person I am today. It has helped me realisewhat God put me on this Earth to do: counsel survivors of sexual abuse. I love Newspring so much, but nowhere near as much as I love my personal lord and savior Jesus Christ! Thanks for the laugh haha!
Perry Noble….. Wolf in sheep’s clothing. Calling Christians who want to go deeper into understanding of the Word “Jackasses” and using the song “Highway to Hell” as an Easter service song (saying to “piss of the religious people”–nice idea Perry) is ridiculous. Jesus went to sinners and ate with them and spent time with them but if he lived in 2012 he would not be a Perry Noble. Jesus would not be walking around with his pants down, cussing, playing secular music to get “the lost” into the church and be cool. We are to be “in the world” but not “of the world”. I think Noble is too much of the world and many in his church do not see it (kinda like David Keresh’s followers willing to die in a compound following him). This is sad. I do not think Christ would feel uplifted by such acts. Again, wolf in sheep’s clothing.