Saturday, November 2, 2019

The Gospel According to Kanye West

In case you have not heard, Kanye West now confesses to being a born-again Christian. He faces criticism from both Christians and Non-Christians. People are scrutinizing everything he says and does. Some are thrilled that he is passionately trying to convince others to follow Christ and others are hoping he fails in his commitment so they can pretend Christianity is nothing and they can go about their lives. But what if Kanye's telling the truth? That would mean the Bible is right and we must all (everyone of us) bow the knee to Christ and turn our live over to him - live the way Jesus tells us we should live.  The carnally minded person is unwilling and unable to do this.

Therefore as people who love Jesus, we should embrace Kanye West. Give him discipleship and pray for him. Of course God can save anyone from their sins. If he can save me, then he can certainly save Kanye West.  We all come to God through Christ. Kanye is not different and I agree with the Christians who say we need to pray for him and not jump to conclusions about his salvation. Time will tell if he is saved because if he is he will grow in grace, knowledge, and closer to Jesus.


34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. 35 Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: “Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. 36 Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. 37 After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. 38 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” - Acts 5:34-39


I think that Gamaliel's thought also applies to Kanye West. Regardless if you agree or disagree with his politics or his past public statements or how he is holding church outdoors - you must agree that if Kanye is being supported by God in what he is doing and saying it will grow and succeed. If it is not of God, it will fail. 

This post is about summarizing some things about this story that we see are being played out right in front of us. Steven Crowder is a Christian and holds many conservative views. I agree with many of them. I think he also has a balanced view on Kanye's conversion. 





One of the questions I had was who is that is discipling Kanye West? Every new Christian needs mature Christian(s) to come along side them and answer their questions, encourage, and teach them the ways of Jesus. I was wondering if God had placed such people around Kanye West.  Pastor Jeff Durbin interviewed such a man. Pastor Adam Tyson gave the following interview and what he describes is simply miraculous. 





During many of his recent Sunday Services, asked Pastors and Evangelists that he knows to give the sermon during his service. Here is Pastor Adam Tyson 's message from a few weeks ago. 




The  next two videos show interviews Kanye West have recently given. I hear a lot of sincerity.  A lot of passion. But he seems to be also growing. He seems like a person trying to get to God as fast as he can but is learning what to do and what not to do. He hasn't been saved long but he seems to love God and either does not realize that not everyone agrees with him or does not care. If he stays with Christ he will learn the proper balance. 





Here is another video of a Christian weighing in and counseling us not to be harshly judgmental,





The following is a link to an article from a woman who attended one of Kanye's services.
My Time in the Desert With Kanye One of the things that I did find as a problem is that Kanye is selling hot dogs and apparel as high price. Truth is, there legitimate churches that do the same thing so I cannot write off Kanye on this alone.  And I don't know if Kanye is still running the services that way.

Kanye really needs prayer - he and his own family. His wife seems to be trying to support him but they are having some problems.


Kanye asked his wife not dress provocatively in public. She pushed back a little bit. I doubt that this is the only problem they need to navigate. This is why Christians need to go to church - support in following God; showing love and serving one another. We get to practice on each other and then go out in the world and serve.

I want to end with Kanye's testimony in his own words.

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Peter J Williams & Bart Ehrman • The story of Jesus: Are the Gospels his...

This is a good debate. They discuss many great things regarding the reliability of the Bible text. Bart Ehrman has risen to be someone who people listen to but he is wrong. The Bible can be trusted. Unfortunately, Dr Williams does not have the killer attitude to really take it to Dr Ehrman, but he by no means lost this. Dr Ehrman does not argue that Bible unreliability lead to his apostasy but argues that the Bible is not historically reliable or inerrant. Of course he is wrong, but instead says he left Christianity because of the Problem of Evil and unable to reconcile the fact that there is evil and suffering with what he understood about God.


Over the years, Dr Ehrman has debated many famous and capable Christians over the years. I highly recommend them.

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