Pastor tells wives if they let themselves go, their husbands will look elsewhere

Agree. I'm 6'-3" 275 I'm a big guy but I ain't lazy. I work, and don't have time for sports. I love my wife's cooking except she uses to much pasta. She bakes too. She is a big too, but I have seen time where her and I were keeping control of frightened horses all night long because of fire works, and that is a tough job. Farm work can be hard and long days and we have powered through barn building, fence building. Horse rescue in the middle of the night. There is a difference in being a plop and being big

Sad

That preacher is a loon and not to be taken seriously.

...and a muzzle for his big, fat, stupid mouth.

Then you condemn the pop culture notions, but do it biblically.
Pastors need to hold to what the bible teaches.

Then address the root of the problem which is unspirituality, carnality, conforming to the pattern of the world, etc rather than just the symptoms.

Your body is not your own. It belongs to God. You're just the caretaker. If you don't take care of it, then you're not being a good caretaker. Men and women should stay in shape.

Interesting discussion so far....

Regarding this particular preacher's words, the grain of his message may have had some merit, but he badly mishandled it.

Generally, is the job of preachers JUST to preach the Bible, or also to apply it to real life? I would say the latter. Some people say that a fat pastor has no business telling women they must be thin for their men. Okay, then whose business is it? According to the Bible, their own husbands!

"The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does." (1 Cor. 7:4)

This is written in the context of sexual relations, but the principle holds more generally. If YOUR husband prefers you to be slender, you are a fool to get fat and/or stay fat. If YOUR wife prefers you to be a little chunky, you are a fool to starve yourself. If YOUR spouse truly doesn't care, then that's one less thing to concern you... be thankful.

It is in your own best interest to get healthy and stay healthy, and that will benefit your spouse in the long run. Is it anyone else's business? Usually, no, it isn't. However, a Christian pastor has the responsibility to speak to his flock generally about how to preserve the marriage bond. As a married person, one thing you can do to help preserve your marriage is to attain/maintain physical health. Should the pastor tell married people to love their own spouse regardless? Yes... of course, but does that mean he shouldn't tell the hard truths as well? Think on that seriously. If the pastor can't address a topic because some people are sensitive about it, then it's a sacred cow.

No it is not. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. are the social media which are actually anti-social.

What he should've been doing is preaching Biblical marital fidelity.

2 Cor 5:16
Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

Actually, Tubby should put his own sermon to work on himself

I bet he couldn't walk up 2 flights of stairs without a rest in between

Cancel culture? I don't think so. Double standard? Seems like it

Sitting on social media saying people should boycott social media. 😂

any Pastor who tells another married woman what they must do to keep their man should tell that to their own wife. Age the body changes and you can only work out so much. There are many women who look good yet can't have sex anymore or can't afford the medical cost to treat other issues that come with age.

If you sow to the flesh you of the flesh will reap corruption. Paul said physical exercise profits little but Godliness profitable to all things.

I wonder what has become of that pastor (besides the suspension). The incident seems to have been "forgotten about", if you know what I mean.

My opinion on his sermon is, he was doing what the husbands of the women in his congregation should do (if they feel it's necessary). The pastor was actually usurping the husbands' authority, if you really stop to think about it...........

Wonder if that man has ever read Proverbs 31:30

He resigned.

http://m.richmondfreepress.com/news/2021/mar/11/pastor-resigns-moderator-position-after-criticizin/

Let the secular world be the judge of what people in the church talk about? Form a digital mob and attack every fiber of his being over it? Convict him for the heinous and unforgivable crime of wrong think?

They're eating themselves alive now.