Post by Daniel on Jun 16, 2015 10:14:09 GMT -5
By Marsha West
June 15, 2015
Any [teaching] that is good is in the Word of God, and any that is not in the Word of God is not good. I am a Bible Christian and if an archangel with a wingspread as broad as a constellation shining like the sun were to come and offer me some new truth, I'd ask him for a reference. If he could not show me where it is found in the Bible, I would bow him out and say, "I'm awfully sorry, you don't bring any references with you." ~ A.W. Tozier
There's an ongoing debate as to whether or not Bono, U2 front man and one of the world's most recognized rock stars, is an authentic Christian, although he states that he is. Many Bible believing Christians have looked at the evidence and have come out and said that, although he professes Christ, he's not a true Christian.
So let's examine the evidence.
On his belief about Jesus Christ, Bono said this:
I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God.
Does he mean the Jesus who's the Second Person of the holy Trinity?
In 2005 after the release of his book "Grace Over Karma" he stated:
The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That's the point. It should keep us humbled. It's not our own good works that get us through the gates of heaven.
He's right. It's not our own good works that gets us to heaven "for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" that saves us. (Eph. 2:8-9)
In 2014 Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family, interviewed the rock star on his radio broadcast and said this:
[H]e's known great success, both in his career as a musician, and in his work as a global advocate for the poorest of the poor. He's also the co-founder of The ONE Campaign, and their motivation is to help people who are suffering.
All of this is true. But that means he's a do-gooder. It does not make him regenerate.
...
Looking at the things Bono has said (I'm coming to that) although he professes a belief in Christ clearly he doesn't believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God. Moreover, his social views are decidedly "progressive." In fact, his religious beliefs blend nicely with emergent gurus such as Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo. These men are leftists who are leading the Church away from Sola Scriptura into what Ken Silva referred to as the "emerging cult of the new liberal theology." The controversial movement, called the Emerging/Emergent Church (EC), seeks to reach the unchurched with their unbiblical version of the Christian message. In so doing they have cooked up a cauldron of syncretism stew.
So – what's important to know about EC leaders is that their aim is change and their plan, and they do have one, is to dismantle historic orthodox Christianity and bring forth a "new paradigm," a "new kind of Christianity." Be wary of words such as story (story of God, story of Jesus)... becoming... conversation... missional... reimagine... tribe... deconstruction... vision, etc. Emergents are "Christ followers," they are "Social Justice Christians."
Social Justice Christianity
The moniker liberals who profess Christ prefer is Social Justice Christian. One conservative blogger commented that Bono is "social justice, ecumenical, globalist, Agenda 21 promoting."
He's all of that for sure. Bono's an activist and philanthropist with a stated goal to eliminate world poverty. Because he's hugely popular people want to know what he thinks about this and that. So naturally he takes every opportunity to promote causes he cares about including HIV/AIDS infection in Africa and third-world debt relief. Tom De Weese of the American Policy Center once quipped that he "dogged political leaders around the world, using his rock star status to pressure them into accepting his brand of global guilt."
please read full article
www.renewamerica.com/columns/mwest/150615
June 15, 2015
Any [teaching] that is good is in the Word of God, and any that is not in the Word of God is not good. I am a Bible Christian and if an archangel with a wingspread as broad as a constellation shining like the sun were to come and offer me some new truth, I'd ask him for a reference. If he could not show me where it is found in the Bible, I would bow him out and say, "I'm awfully sorry, you don't bring any references with you." ~ A.W. Tozier
There's an ongoing debate as to whether or not Bono, U2 front man and one of the world's most recognized rock stars, is an authentic Christian, although he states that he is. Many Bible believing Christians have looked at the evidence and have come out and said that, although he professes Christ, he's not a true Christian.
So let's examine the evidence.
On his belief about Jesus Christ, Bono said this:
I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God.
Does he mean the Jesus who's the Second Person of the holy Trinity?
In 2005 after the release of his book "Grace Over Karma" he stated:
The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That's the point. It should keep us humbled. It's not our own good works that get us through the gates of heaven.
He's right. It's not our own good works that gets us to heaven "for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" that saves us. (Eph. 2:8-9)
In 2014 Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family, interviewed the rock star on his radio broadcast and said this:
[H]e's known great success, both in his career as a musician, and in his work as a global advocate for the poorest of the poor. He's also the co-founder of The ONE Campaign, and their motivation is to help people who are suffering.
All of this is true. But that means he's a do-gooder. It does not make him regenerate.
...
Looking at the things Bono has said (I'm coming to that) although he professes a belief in Christ clearly he doesn't believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God. Moreover, his social views are decidedly "progressive." In fact, his religious beliefs blend nicely with emergent gurus such as Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo. These men are leftists who are leading the Church away from Sola Scriptura into what Ken Silva referred to as the "emerging cult of the new liberal theology." The controversial movement, called the Emerging/Emergent Church (EC), seeks to reach the unchurched with their unbiblical version of the Christian message. In so doing they have cooked up a cauldron of syncretism stew.
So – what's important to know about EC leaders is that their aim is change and their plan, and they do have one, is to dismantle historic orthodox Christianity and bring forth a "new paradigm," a "new kind of Christianity." Be wary of words such as story (story of God, story of Jesus)... becoming... conversation... missional... reimagine... tribe... deconstruction... vision, etc. Emergents are "Christ followers," they are "Social Justice Christians."
Social Justice Christianity
The moniker liberals who profess Christ prefer is Social Justice Christian. One conservative blogger commented that Bono is "social justice, ecumenical, globalist, Agenda 21 promoting."
He's all of that for sure. Bono's an activist and philanthropist with a stated goal to eliminate world poverty. Because he's hugely popular people want to know what he thinks about this and that. So naturally he takes every opportunity to promote causes he cares about including HIV/AIDS infection in Africa and third-world debt relief. Tom De Weese of the American Policy Center once quipped that he "dogged political leaders around the world, using his rock star status to pressure them into accepting his brand of global guilt."
please read full article
www.renewamerica.com/columns/mwest/150615