Have we found a friend in the Hollywood wasteland? Reading today’s Lonewolf Diary got me thinking that someone, somewhere out there in tinseltown might actually like us Christians. I don’t follow many Hollywood blogs but this one was passed to me by a friend and it was an intriguing read. Here is a man who actually, publicly wrote that Hollywood’s fascination with destroying Christianity must end! Now I’m not sure of Steven Crowder’s spiritual affiliation but I have to say that it was nice of him to step up to the plate to “defend” us, even if he did so in his very sarcastic way. Why hasn’t anyone else done the same, especially those who bear the name of Jesus? Why haven’t we marched, protested, agonized, boycotted, and condemned Hollywood’s treatment of us? For one, those in Hollywood who relentlessly beat the drum of persecution are a passing vapor, a mist that appears today and is gone tomorrow. (I’m talking about their careers...) They will stand before Jesus to answer the one question he demands of them, “who did you say I am?” But here is the bottom line, boycotting Hollywood or rioting to change the cultural perception of Christians is not our job and it would be fool-hardy to be distracted by it. Our job is to preach Jesus and plant churches that change lives and cultures. Jesus told us two very important things:

“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’” Matthew 28:18-19

and

“I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” John 17:14-18

Thanks Steven for your support, we’ll take it from here.

Tags: Culture