I was talking with my cousin the other day. We were talking about strip clubs. She mentioned "What Would Jesus Do?" After a little bit of thinking, I have a sneaky suspicion that he would go to a strip club. He wouldn't go for sexual pleasure, but he would go because that is where the sinners are. How many times did Jesus speak in a synagogue? Not very often huh? He did seem to be around adulterers and prostitutes and lepers and other rejects of society. Sooo...if given a choice to go speak to a bunch of Christians at a church or a bunch of people in need of him at a strip club. I think the strip club would be the place for him. Some of you may be gasping. My Jesus wouldn't defile himself by going to a strip club. Well, you are wrong! Jesus can't defile himself! He is God! This reminds me of a book I was reading once. It is called "How to be a Christian Without Being an Idiot." by a comedian guy. I will have to get back to you on his name because I forget. He was talking about people going to foreign mission fields. If somebody told you that they were going to be going to a place where the culture is quite different than us- People dance in the nude for erotic purposes on a regular basis. Offerings are given up for the purpose of sexual gratification. You tell them you really want to go and help these people. People would say "YES GO!!! Where is this place? Is it in Africa?" Then you tell them it is in the local strip club. That feeling of excitement they once had would turn into shock. "No...You shouldn't be in places like that. What will people think of you?" My answer to that would be "who freakin cares what people think of me, it is what God thinks of me that I care about. Alright, so I think I have stated my point. Jesus would go to strip clubs, he would go to bars, and he would go to casinos. Jesus doesn't need a church to bring people to him, and neither do we!
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Enough of that....
Thom gave me another blog that is pretty interesting. One day I will add a link to it.
http://www.postsecret.blogspot.com
Word of the Day:
I am done with this for a while. I guess I will just make up something.
Harlot (there you go)
4 comments:
I love "harlot" it is a great classy / slutty word.
I think I met Jesus at a strip club, he's a 7 and 7 man.
I don't worry about the girls, there is one bunch of dames that are in control, I personally don't think they need any saving, that's my humble opinion.
I agree that some of the men visiting the club might be salvagable, and generally I think they do need it.
not quite a whole 2 cents, but it is a busy day!
-thom
That is exactly where Jesus did hang out in the bible. He took the message to those who would here it. Those in the temple would not have anything to do with him.. To the Gentiles he went.
I will not even debate with "Christians" because they already have their minds made up and will not listen to you at all. They have their own opinion on how to get to heaven and most of the time it is on their convenience. (SP)
Sinners already know they are gonna to hell so they know they can do better!
Wolfe
yep, i agree. it's always exciting to me to think about how Jesus would interact with people in those places in this time. b/c He transcends culture, but i also think that that means he can interact with every culture. i like to think of him going in and meeting people and befriending them without judgement and getting to know them and investing in them and opening the door of communication. it makes me smile to think that He wouldn't Bible-bash, He wouldn't make them feel horrible, He would just love them where they were.
ya know, the more i learn about who Christ was, the more I really like Him. and love Him. and want to know who He really was.
Ehhhhh. Let's not over simplify it now. He did make the adulterous woman at the well feel pretty bad.
JB
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