Not So Far From The Truth

A while ago White Salamander posted a blog about the TNIV translation of the Bible coming out soon. In the comments he got involved in a mini-debate. In his debate. scroll down to the post titled "See Paul Run"
he expressed his fears of the trend these days for evanglicals to be too light hearted concerning their Christianity. i.e. trying to make it more hip, and contemporary as to attract more Gen-X parishioners.

I have always held the same concerns myself and was satisfied to see his comments on the subject. Well, the other day I stumbled on this article. , and it seems to support even more the truth of what he was saying.

My problem with a show like this, is what do these people really know about Christ. This kind of show just further relegates the image of Christ to that of a mythological creation. like beowulf, or Santa clause. I am thinking someone has just taken notice of the box office success of "The Passion" or the long success of shows like "Touched By an Angle" and are trying to capitalize on the success of these shows.

Making Jesus cool, contemporary, and hip isn't the answer folks. Who wants to see The Almighty, Lord of Hosts, Only begotten of The Father, The Great I Am, portrayed as a doobie smoking, walkman carrying, hippie with a surfboard under his arm giving advice to a priest strung out on narcotics?