Does Jesus Love Pornstars?
My college roommate Sterling sent me this link this evening, and I couldn’t help but say something about it. Apparently, the pastors of XXXchurch.com wanted to have New Testaments printed with covers that state “Jesus Loves Pornstars” to hand out at the conventions they attend. They already hand out hundreds each year, but this new marketing strategy was expected to help them get more out. Their publisher, however, would not publish that phrase on a New Testament, and now the pastors of XXXchurch.com want to burn the old rule books of Christian propriety in the name of communicating the “love and grace and compassion” of the New Testament.
I think it is great that these guys are strong enough to go to porn conventions, hand out Bibles and witness to the lost; however, I cannot fathom how they–or anyone else for that matter–could possibly think that making Christianity “cool” is going to save people. For crying out loud, Jesus was an OFFENSE (1 Peter 2:8)! He said himself that he “did not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). God is not just “love and grace and compassion.” He is jealous (Joshua 24:19). His anger burns against the wicked (Psalm 7:6, 69:24).
Also, we should never stoop to selling Christianity. Jesus said, “No one may come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (John 6:44). What good then is marketing? Our mission is to present the gospel and make disciples out of those that accept the gospel of Christ (Matthew 28:19), which is foolishness to men (1 Corinthians 1:9). Perhaps these pastors would say that we know so much more than Jesus did about spreading our faith? Really? I don’t think we can even consider such a thing unless we don’t consider our faith to be true, and if printing cute slogans on the HOLY Word of God would be the best model, I’m pretty sure you’d be going to museums to see ancient scrolls with “God Loves Harlots” printed on them. Not a likely scenario.
What happened to people actually thinking? Sorry, this has turned into a rant, but I can’t help feeling just how ridiculous this whole thing is. That’s the end of my two cents.
DB are discussing.
DB
11:25 pm on April 6, 2006
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The answer to the question of the topic is “yes”. Why? Scripture tells us to love our enemies. Even if we see a pornstar as an enemy, we are still called to love them, and b/c we are called to love the things that God loves, God must love them.
Ryan
1:32 am on April 7, 2006
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You know, I just realized that I didn’t even answer the question I posed in the title. The title was a bit misleading as to the content of my thoughts. I would agree with Dustin. God loves his creation. He is longsuffering and is patiently waiting for his people to repent and come to him and then he will make all things new (Revelation 21:5), pornstars included.