Trending: “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” -Why?

A talented young believer  posted a video of himself delivering a poem last week about what’s wrong the Church today and the thing has gone crazy-viral. Nearly 15 million views at this point. Quite remarkable.

Obviously, the piece is connecting with people. I would guess that most are connecting positively because they’re interested in seeing a better angle on their Christian faith that’s different than what they’ve been seeing. That desire is always good.

My interest is not the thoughts or offering of the young man who posted it, but the interest in the piece from his viewers.

Continue reading here at Christianity Today’s site…

 


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2 responses to “Trending: “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” -Why?”

  1. denise wiseman Avatar
    denise wiseman

    It is about the gospel message . . . it is about the gospel message . . . it is about the gospel message . . . I wish, I PRAY this christian generation would GET THAT . . . I wish, I PRAY that someone would notice that this christian generation/current pop/contemporary christianity has a buddhist-based, experiential, biblically skewed view of the gospel message . . . listen to our music, watch our commercial-like/entertainment oriented “worship” service, look at how we miss the part about walking the walk/talking the talk . . . It is about the GOSPEL . . . not even Just-Jesus . . . FOR GOD . . . GOD . . . GOD . . . SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE . . . . beware of just taking and not giving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Excellent thoughts! Very much appreciated.