Editor's note: In this article, the author offers a balanced critical view on a trend, that while good natured, could be doing some damage as well. EMB opted to share it so that it can create more dialogue in your personal ministry networks while it encourages you to use your leadership platforms and forums wisely when speaking about your wife and women in general.
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Pastor, Your Wife Might Be "Smokin' Hot," But... by Jeff Fischer
It seems like the phrase "My smokin' hot wife" is coming into mainstream Christianity now. I have heard a number of preachers uses the phrase from the pulpit, especially when they are sharing messages on sex.
And have you seen this video (below) of a pastor at a NASCAR race praying, thanking God for the racetrack, the racing teams, the cars, the drivers, the cans of Sunoco fuel and his smokin' hot wife?
When pastors talk about their wives as "smokin' hot" or call attention to their physical beauty in a sermon, I think they are: