I liken it to being addicted to soap operas and thinking they are the same people in real life. It is part of the celebrity culture that has infiltrated the church.

Some YRR young pastor chided me about not being impressed with Mohler’s life work which he thought proved Mohler was a great man. I told him I did not live with Mohler and don’t really know him.

You know, the Body of Christ that met and learned from one another was supposed to know each other well. How can you encourage and rebuke if you know nothing about them personally in every day life? We don’t. The leaders are a great distance from the followers. Yet the followers will tell you what kind of a person the leader is. It never ceases to amaze me how childish and naive this is. Since I have been around many Christian celebrities, trust me, you only know about them what they want you to know about them. Their distance is a protection for them.