Some of you have already been made aware of the following via an email from Meg Fisher, and the point was raised at tonight's prayer meeting, but for those who don't know, Andrew Stewart has asked that a general email be sent to the whole congregation...
Triple J (a public radio station) is holding a contest this Thursday (April 5th) morning as they broadcast their Breakfast Show live from Federation Square in Melbourne.
As the website program puts it...." you're invited to take part in the spiritual star search Jesus! You've Got Talent..."
Apparently the station's ads are encouraging listeners to come and dress up in Jesus costumes, perform stunts (mock miracles), and it's possible that they are even planning to stage some sort of mock crucifixion. They are affectionately calling it "Holy Thursday".
As the website program puts it...." you're invited to take part in the spiritual star search Jesus! You've Got Talent..."
Apparently the station's ads are encouraging listeners to come and dress up in Jesus costumes, perform stunts (mock miracles), and it's possible that they are even planning to stage some sort of mock crucifixion. They are affectionately calling it "Holy Thursday".
This should concern us as believers in at least two ways.Firstly, the public ridicule of our Lord Jesus Christ and who deserves the praise of all creation should cause us to grieve deeply and to call people to repentance in his honour. Secondly, the level of spiritual blindness and ignorance of those in our society which leads to acts of such blasphemy is both scary and sad, especially in light of the consequences of unbelief ("forgive them Father, they know not what they do").
What you can do:
(Links are underlined):
- Write to the ABC's main complaint centre (to complain!)
- Write an entry on the MYF, Jay, and the Dr. guestbook (the morning show holding the contest)
- Boycott the station
- Pray that the competition would fizzle on Thursday and that no-one would participate.
- Pray for opportunities for the gospel to be shared with any involved in the competition so that Christ would end up being honoured instead of mocked.
So there you have it, what we are dealing with here in Oz. Not that stuff like this doesn't happen at home though.
2 comments:
Unbelievable. I haven't heard of anything like that happening here, except maybe at an "art" museum. Why do artists think that they, in the name of art (some of which is paid for by taxpayer dollars), do anything or offend anyone? I have always wondered about that. Its like the rules don't apply to them. Clearly this display is meant to offend Christians as it is near Easter. I bet they wouldn't do something like that about Mohammed! Its too bad to see parts of the West descend into paganism which didn't work the last time we tried it. They should honor Christian principles for no other reason than to have a better life in this world.
That's really sad. Maybe you sign up and go out there and street preach as your "act." Turn it on their heads. I'll check out the guestbook.
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