is it posible that god can speak through madonna?
i ask this in light of the save the earth concert a while back and my reflecting on the upcoming immersion service this wed night when we will be discussing the media's influence over our understanding of Jesus. i remember watching the concert (for those who don't know, there were 7 cities throughout the world that hosted musical acts at the same time on the same date june 7, 2007...07.07.07 in an effort to raise awareness about global warming issues...don't get me started on the irony of flying people from all over the world and the energy needed to put on the concerts, we all know but they are still trying to make some good points so kudos to them) anyhoo, i was watching the final act of the london show, which was madonna.
now, i am not a big madonna fan (sorry sarah) but she was incredible! i mean she even blew the doors of the foo fighters (the band i was really waiting to see) and i was truly impressed because she left it all on the stage, so to speak. but as i was watching her show a thought occured to me. if the christian church has been refusing to hear god's word regarding our role as tenders of the global garden is it possible that god has not turned to the entertainment industry to get the message out?
that seems abhorent and potentially blasphemous but there is biblical precedence for just such a thing. after all, we are talking about the god who is not too proud to speak through a donkey (num 22:22-35), use the pagan king of persia to begin the ball rolling on the re-building of jerusalem (cyrus: 2 chronicles 36:22) , and let us not forget: a humble nazarene carpenter to save the world (matthew, mark, luke & john)!
perhaps, just perhaps god is using those who will hear his truth and moving beyond those who refuse to hear his message because it is inconvenient to their current status (that's right, an inconvenient truth). if the christian church refuses to acknowledge the biblical mandate of taking care of the world that god has created for our existence then perhaps we will be left behind. god is nothing if not unpredictable and let us remember that we are not in charge of him and who he uses, it is the other way around.
so, maybe we have missed the bus on this one and so god has moved his message to the receptive ones....rock stars. and just as i think that is distinctly possible i see madonna gyrating on a speaker and i think: "then again...."
hey, stranger things have happened.
i ask this in light of the save the earth concert a while back and my reflecting on the upcoming immersion service this wed night when we will be discussing the media's influence over our understanding of Jesus. i remember watching the concert (for those who don't know, there were 7 cities throughout the world that hosted musical acts at the same time on the same date june 7, 2007...07.07.07 in an effort to raise awareness about global warming issues...don't get me started on the irony of flying people from all over the world and the energy needed to put on the concerts, we all know but they are still trying to make some good points so kudos to them) anyhoo, i was watching the final act of the london show, which was madonna.
now, i am not a big madonna fan (sorry sarah) but she was incredible! i mean she even blew the doors of the foo fighters (the band i was really waiting to see) and i was truly impressed because she left it all on the stage, so to speak. but as i was watching her show a thought occured to me. if the christian church has been refusing to hear god's word regarding our role as tenders of the global garden is it possible that god has not turned to the entertainment industry to get the message out?
that seems abhorent and potentially blasphemous but there is biblical precedence for just such a thing. after all, we are talking about the god who is not too proud to speak through a donkey (num 22:22-35), use the pagan king of persia to begin the ball rolling on the re-building of jerusalem (cyrus: 2 chronicles 36:22) , and let us not forget: a humble nazarene carpenter to save the world (matthew, mark, luke & john)!
perhaps, just perhaps god is using those who will hear his truth and moving beyond those who refuse to hear his message because it is inconvenient to their current status (that's right, an inconvenient truth). if the christian church refuses to acknowledge the biblical mandate of taking care of the world that god has created for our existence then perhaps we will be left behind. god is nothing if not unpredictable and let us remember that we are not in charge of him and who he uses, it is the other way around.
so, maybe we have missed the bus on this one and so god has moved his message to the receptive ones....rock stars. and just as i think that is distinctly possible i see madonna gyrating on a speaker and i think: "then again...."
hey, stranger things have happened.
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