I have no idea how to do justice in describing the message I just heard. Of all the media I view and pass along in my sometimes too-connected social-networking life, listen to this one if you could only pick one thing. I’m not going to trick you into thinking it’s short, because it’s an hour long. But if you want to know what makes me weep with a indescribable sadness, while in the same moment become so fired up that my life changes in light of it, this is it. Full transcript provided below the video.
Paul Washer: The Truth About Christianity
Transcript here. YouTube url here.
Quote excerpt:
“I’m talking about Christianity. I have spent my life in jungles. I have spent my life freezing in the Andes Mountains. I have seen people die. A little boy–Andrew Myman–the Muslims shot him five times through the stomach and left him on a sidewalk simply because he cried out, “I am so afraid but I cannot deny Jesus Christ. Please don’t kill me, but I will not deny Him.” And he died in a pool of blood. And you talk about being a radical Christian because you wear a tee shirt, because you go to a conference. I’m talking about holiness. I’m talking about Godliness.” - Paul Washer
At the time of posting, this video from 2006 had 1.3 million views, thankfully with the comments disabled to avoid inevitable, pathetic out of context arguments. This guy’s powerful words just make every wishy-washy TV evangelist’s positive self-esteem-building feel-good mystic fluff look like an ant in front of a thunderstorm. And take note that we can walk away thinking about the message, rather than the messenger. Alright, I need to go evaluate my entire life again.
I didn’t listen to 60minutes. I don’t have to. To me faith is personal and these noise makers don’t put me off my track. But yes, it is annoying, it is also inevitable and unavoidable. The world judges the Bible /Christianity purely on it’s words, not on the message or the spirit.
I wonder if this is true in how we (Christians?) judge other religions? Nice blog, will be reading more
LG