Comments on: X Games Bad Boys Turned Christians

By: titus2woman

titus2woman — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:55:03 +0000

I LOVE THIS!!!!

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:10:52 +0000

Louis, I can assure you that being a Christian in the extreme sports scene is not cool. I do not know these guys personally, so I can say nothing of their faith. I can however say, that I have been a part of the skateboarding and punk rock culture for more than a decade, and being a Christian is never seen as cool. Often Christians within these scenes are daily attacked for their beliefs and constantly criticized, all the while being in the midst of a culture that stands for individuality and partying. We should be praying that these young converts find strong spiritual leaders to disciple them, rather than waiting to see if they fail in their Christian walk.

By: Louis

Louis — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:48:28 +0000

“On the mic, I’ll say it. On TV, say it. The next thing you know, I have way more people pumped on me.”

That worries me! I wish to give him the benefit of the doubt, but due to the fact that I don’t know these guys, and the fact that there are so many false converts out there who are “following Jesus” for all sorts of reasons, I’m going to use caution and allow them time to show the fruit of a real conversion.
Many “ministers” of the gospel have fallen (think Ted Haggard, or Jim Bakker) because their relationship with Jesus was built on what Jesus could do for them.

I’m not saying that these guys are not genuine, I’m just saying that I think that we should use caution and allow them the time necessary to show that they are not just using Jesus because He happens to be “cool” right now, and the crowd becomes more “pumped up” when cheering for an X-gamer who mentions the name of Jesus.

By: humanitasremedium

humanitasremedium — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:45:44 +0000

great post!