Some of you might have heard about this ridiculous, completely pointless, unspiritual "Christian" petition going around because of what Kathy Griffin said on national television about Jesus.
This was a letter which I just emailed to the people of Miracle Theater in Pigeon Forge, the place where this petition generated.
Sheria and I are both outraged by the complete waste of time and energy shown by Miracle Theater in creating this petition. It proves nothing, and it helps nothing. The poor representation of Christ they seem to be showing the world is that he is a defensive little juvenile who stirs up a bunch of whiners every time someone disagrees with Him.
Which of course is the opposite of the truth.
Here is what Sheria and I wrote to Miracle Theater.
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We are both firm believers and followers of Christ, and we are both very upset at your "enough is enough petition. Here is why.
Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
John 15:20
Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
Matthew 10:23a
When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another.
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
You need to understand something, we are not up against hollywood, we are up against satan. Atheists aren't the enemy, Kathy Griffin is not the enemy, liberals are not our enemy, not even blasphemers are our enemy. Our enemy is satan, and I assure you that this ridiculous gesture is going to do nothing but aid satan. This is clearly something that was done in an attitude of nothing more than anger. This is a juvenile, spastic attempt to shoot the enemy buy spraying bullets around a bunch of innocents. Stop this foolish, arrogant charade. If you have an ego to be damaged by what Kathy Griffin, a likely non-believer, said on television...or anyone else for that matter... you need to re-evaluate where your faith lies. If you're looking to make some nice, flowery, "Jesus-over-easy" life in his world, then that is all you will receive. Get your head out of the garbage and remember what you're hear for...not for protests or ridiculous grandstanding against politicians or atheists. This about us truly living and showing others how they too can truly live...which is through Christ. Stop acting like children, trying to squirm out of the suffering, attempting to argue criticism. God is not mocked by this. These people who try to mock him don't even know what they're doing, they don't even know their right hand from their left...and we would be the exact same if Christ has not saved us.
Straighten up and fly right, for lack of a better word. These people haven't made a mockery of Christ, you are making mockery of Christ and His teachings by circulating this petition.
Thank you.
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So there you have it folks. It was a little rough with some typos because I typed it very late last night, but you get the gist of it. This Miracle Theater petition hooplah that has been created of Kathy Griffin's speech(which she said herself, by the way, was entirely for attention) just goes to show that the church at large in america wants to be of this world and still be of Christ, so they get angry and childish every time the world rejects them while they are completely oblivious to the fact that they are trying to serve two masters. Then they convince good, outstanding people that they are "apathetic" if they don't sign this petition, which is ridiculous and angering to me.
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