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Monday, March 20, 2006

 

Kirk Cameron, the evangelist

Kirk Cameron was the star of the hit TV series "Growing Pains". After the show started he discovered Christianity.

After seven years, ABC decided to cancel the show. The end of the series gave Cameron an opportunity to resolve the tension he felt between the requirements of his profession and the demands of his faith. He started working on the popular Apocalyptic "Left Behind" film series and then met an itinerant preacher, Ray Comfort, who encouraged him to begin a second career — as an evangelist.

Together they formed an organization called "The Way of the Master." Operating as a charitable trust, its intention is to educate and equip the church to preach the message of Christianity to unbelievers. Cameron says he is motivated by a literal fear of hell.

Cameron says that he is producing the show because he objects to the way many churches present the Christian faith. He believes that Christianity has become just another ideology that is used to indulge personal interests and contains little of the original message of repentance and faith.

I am simply trying to be faithful to the God who saved me, who changed me and who has commissioned me to tell you… about the gospel of Jesus Christ and that it has the power to change people's hearts."
Read the full article here.

Comments:
I grew up with Kirk Cameron posters on my wall...I had the biggest crush on him.

But that's beside the point. I am so happy to see him starting this program because it is badly needed. I think this is why so many people have the attitude, 'Christianity? Are you kidding? Look at all the pastors/evangelists who have screwed up. Why would I want to go to their church or any church?' Being a Christian is about having a person relationship with Jesus Christ--not about attending a predetermined quota of church services. You can have a relationship with Jesus just by talking to him and reading the bible at home. Man's version of what a church should be has been warped.
 
"Being a Christian is about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ - not about attending a predetermined quota of church services."

Very true, but Kirk's faith is completely fear-based. He's focusing on avoiding hell, instead of providing peace to his fellow humans through Jesus's teachings.

He's a little extreme for my taste.
 
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