This morning I put up the fact that Jesus is a brother and with it a clip from a Christian comedian. So it behoves me to share a word on my views on Christian comedy.
Sometimes I think the church tries to imitate with the thinking that if it does then it will keep people in church. So there’s a whole kind of church culture going on mirroring the world’s but slapping a ‘Jesus’ on it, so as to differentiate it. I get the impression that policy is flawed for a whole heap of reason that I won’t go into in this entry.
Balancing that out, however, sometimes I think that a view on being a Christian sees you as somehow being a freak where if it has the very whiff of something that you see ‘in the world’ it must be ungodly and avoided. The cinema question is a good example. I grew up with the thinking that it was ‘a sin’ to go to the cinema, even though the films that were first shown on the cinema would be watched at home. It was crazy as though the devil only watched the movie at the cinema, but wouldn’t at your home because it was ‘holy ground’! As if!
God has given us all things to enjoy and laughter is one of them. There is a lot in life worth laughing at without it having to be crude, mean or derogatory. An expression of joy is laughter, so it’s only fitting that gifted communicators can make the most of the laughs. People want to laugh, let them laugh. I’m not completely sold on Christian comedy, even though a very dear friend of mine is a comedian who does ‘gigs’ in churches, I’d even imagine he sees himself more as a comedian who happens to follow Christ, rather than a Christian comedian as it were.
Despite not being completely sold on it, I recognise its merit and like anything done well I appreciate it when it is of good quality, which is why I had no qualms putting that clip on this morning.
Whilst finding the one for this morning, I also came across this one and wanted you to watch it to see what I mean about quality – this dude does it as a ministry for purpose. It is laughs and it serves, I have a lot of respect for that.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
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