Fog machine? In church? Really?

Remember the Rev Ted Haggard, founder of New Life Church in Colorado? According to a Mystery Worshiper review, they used a fog machine for "atmosphere". And a light show. And some of the kids would get in front of the "stage", sort of a mini-mosh pit. Now, I'm not unfamiliar with the PowerPoint-and-drumset, sermon-centered, rah-rah swing-from-the-rafters type of church service. But this seems, er, a bit over the top. And (dare I say it) kinda gay?

Also from the review:

[W]hat was the sermon about?
Let me make this short. It was political, nationalistic and ethnocentric. The Iraq War was mentioned as a fulfillment of Jesus's Great Commission. He said that, compared to the the loss of Hebrew soldiers in I Samuel 4, the US hasn't lost that many soldiers. Pastor Ted said that an evangelical's effectiveness can be measured by how the "enemy" sees us. Among the specific "enemies" he mentioned was the Citizen's Project, a group in Colorado Springs which promotes pluralism and religious liberty, and which is pro gay marriage.

Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
[...]

And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
The sermon. I suddenly felt unwelcome, not a part of the "club", an enemy, even. Enough said.

Without getting into the supreme illogic of military invasion == the Gospel, I will note that a post-Haggard follow-up visit revealed the fog machine has been retired. Temporarily, at least.