Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Jesus and Creflo 1:09 AM
Let me admit my bias first. When I was a kid, the World Wrestling Federation villain I most loved to hate was "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. I would hate his stupid cackle and his mantra "Everybody's got a price" because he would buy off my favorite guys and then laugh.
mwaaaa haa haa haa
Fast Forward to the present, where Creflo "The 69 Million Dollar Man" Dollar (church pastor if the name did not give it away) is answering for his extravagant "pastoral" lifestyle. Answering a question about his Rolls Royce, Creflo Dollar responded, "Without a doubt, my life is not average," he said. "But I'd like to say, just because it is excessive doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong." (http://www.cbs46.com/news/14565577/detail.html)
And Jesus wept.
And then said this: "Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
In honesty, where do we draw the line? It is easy for me to laugh at Creflo Dollar, not only because he has a funny name, but also because I will never make $69 mil in a year...or a life. But are there places in my life where Jesus looks at me like I am looking at Creflo (I just like typing the man's name!) Does Jesus weep at my NBA shorts? (much much less than sticker price on Ebay, in an act of parenthetical self-justification) Does Jesus cringe on this laptop that I'm typing this out on? I point and laugh at Creflo but I am one of the richest people in the world - not in the relational sense but in the real, I'm-an-American-who-eats-everyday sense.
Where is the line?
mwaaaa haa haa haa
Fast Forward to the present, where Creflo "The 69 Million Dollar Man" Dollar (church pastor if the name did not give it away) is answering for his extravagant "pastoral" lifestyle. Answering a question about his Rolls Royce, Creflo Dollar responded, "Without a doubt, my life is not average," he said. "But I'd like to say, just because it is excessive doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong." (http://www.cbs46.com/news/14565577/detail.html)
And Jesus wept.
And then said this: "Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
In honesty, where do we draw the line? It is easy for me to laugh at Creflo Dollar, not only because he has a funny name, but also because I will never make $69 mil in a year...or a life. But are there places in my life where Jesus looks at me like I am looking at Creflo (I just like typing the man's name!) Does Jesus weep at my NBA shorts? (much much less than sticker price on Ebay, in an act of parenthetical self-justification) Does Jesus cringe on this laptop that I'm typing this out on? I point and laugh at Creflo but I am one of the richest people in the world - not in the relational sense but in the real, I'm-an-American-who-eats-everyday sense.
Where is the line?
