Well, we have another scandal on the Christian scene. The strange thing is that there are so many of them that you might wonder if Christianity will survive in America. The trouble of course is the cult of Christian celebrity. We are finding out that christian celebrities just aren't the nice people they pretend to be.
I don't watch the Duggars. There is nothing about them that interests me. Anyone who thinks it is their job to populate the earth as they do in my opinion should be forced to live in a place like Tokyo Japan or better in a country where strict population limits are enforced. Its obvious they lack the basic understanding of what overpopulation is doing to our world.
Yet my objections aren't about the Duggars or Duck Dynasty. Its the christian culture that I object to. I am not surprised by the revelations about the Duggar family. Even the superstars of the Bible had their moments. Moses failed, King David failed, and of course Peter failed. They were great in terms of what God did with them, but not by themselves. We don't have to look too far to find those in those in the christian community with something to hide. There is only one person who didn't fail, yet I somehow doubt that Jesus would have even been offered a reality series. He offended the religious of His day because he cared about all people.
Christian Celebrity is a lie. It puts apparance ahead of God and reinforces the notion that only the "worthy" deserve God's favor. The great news isn't about what some ministry has accomplished. The great news is that Jesus died for people like me, broken, unworthy, and sinful as I am. The Gospel is for the Duggars, but its also for the kind of people they discriminate against. Its for those of us who have led sinful lives and who are caught up in our sinful way, as much as it is the celebrity.
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