from my days as a navy brat in San Diego, I seem to remember that “bitchin’” the verb differed immensely in meaning from “bitchin’” the adjective. This bulletin uses the adjective. I used “despise” once in a church newsletter, in reference to George Steinbrenner, and was told that was inappropriate. I think I’ll stay away from bitchin’.

What got me was “this is a hill we die on baby”......

Signed,
Sitting on a hill at the moment

Silly Eric, some words never lose their cool.  It was cool in the 60’s and 70’s and it is cool today.  Cool was bitchen in the 50’s and I noticed you used that word.  Nothing is outdated if you say it loud enough and clear enough to make people notice.

However I used the word bitchen to describe a miracle of Jesus in the Againsteverythingbutus baptist church I grew up in and, well let’s just say they heard the word bitchen and started bitchen.

It was cool in the 80’s when I was in junior high and high school.

Eric,

We’re talking Texas 80’s here....So even BIGGER than anywhere else.  Definitely shoulders pads and my hair was so tall… people sitting behind me in church KNEW it was me.... Some would say, “Hey Camey? Can you part the water so we can see what’s up ahead?” lol

Oh… but I really wasn’t supposed to listen to any of those hair bands.

Those Righteous 80’s. lol

I agree with Shane… it is a lame attempt to be relevant.  There is great shock appeal, even to those of us who are children of the 70’s, but its effect is opposite of the intended on someone even as cool as me. 

This is an example where the attempt to be relevant to the culture, or the attempt to connect with the culture is taken too far.  As Believers we are called to be in the world, but we are not to be molded into the shape of the world.  Unfortunately, the Church is starting to allow the world to define who we must be to reach the world, rather than being molded into the image of Christ and changing our world.

Being offensive in language is a struggle with which many Believers strive to overcome, so using the profanity of the the world to reach a lost world seems to be going in the wrong direction.  Who is changing whom?  Remember what Ann Landers said about profanity: “Profanity only proves how limited one’s vocabulary truely is.”

are these all leaders in the church. no wonder the church has such a bad name, as we say down south it just ain’t funny.

Sometimes we confuse being relevant with being cool and unfortunatley we still think being cool is to act immature.  I’ve just seen first hand how a church leader can reap havoc on a church when they think shock value is more important than respecting others in their presentaion of the gospel.  I’m all for cutting edge - if it has a purpose.  This is just insane.