Comments on: Turning the Bible into Toilet Paper

By: Denny Burk on Homosexuality and Ian McKellen « Above Every Name

Denny Burk on Homosexuality and Ian McKellen « Above Every Name — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:41:03 +0000

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By: Lucas Knisely

Lucas Knisely — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:47 +0000

“People will hate you”, is a promise from Christ. When people revile Christians it is not an automatic indicator that the Christian is unloving, it is typically an indicator that the Christian is preaching the Gospel.

By: Darius T

Darius T — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:02 +0000

“if certain professed Christians hadn’t delivered trth without love we might not be in this mess.”

Could you explain what you mean, Chris? Maybe I misunderstand, but you appear to be falling into the false belief that if Christians just presented the Gospel with roses and tea, the world would believe. People reject the Truth no matter how “loving” it may sound. Christ came to make enemies just as He came to make friends. The Gospel forces people to make a decision… some are forced to reject, some forced to accept. No one is neutral. Blame Christ for Gandalf’s behavior, not Christians.

That said, in some cases Christians would do well to present the Gospel while devoid of personal disdain for sinners.

By: Polarbear

Polarbear — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:59:38 +0000

What a sad depiction of a great actor. It did strike me though how on various topics believers like to do the same thing. We rip out pages that we don’t like or understand. Maybe not literally rip them out, but in our hearts and minds. We can try to justify certain behavior that we are are convicted about and if we can’t proof-text it, then we sometimes just “rip it out” and ignore it.

By: Gandalf, the Bible, and toilet paper « Strengthened by Grace

Gandalf, the Bible, and toilet paper « Strengthened by Grace — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:49:32 +0000

[...] the epic movie Lord of the Rings, uses the Bible as toilet paper when he stays in a hotel room. Denny Burk explains his reason for defacing certain pages in God’s holy [...]

By: Chris Carter

Chris Carter — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:14:26 +0000

Yep, political correctness reaches not only to art and statistics but to Scripture. One of the saddest parts of the whole situation is that if certain professed Christians hadn’t delivered trth without love we might not be in this mess.

Ron: That depends on whether his ring-finger is straight. Since it’s not visible, I’m prone to think he hid it just to provoke this discussion.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:43:06 +0000

I agree with you Dr. Burke. And maybe I’m being too critical… but is he flipping off the photographer in the picture? It would be consistent with his attitude if indeed that is what he is so slyly doing.

By: Don Johnson

Don Johnson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:37:59 +0000

I think a Communist country accepted some Bibles and later they showed up as toilet paper, but the bleaching was cheap, so people could actually read parts from the TP, what a way to distribute the word of God.

Also, I think it would be saddest if he was totally apathetic.

By: Ben Mordecai

Ben Mordecai — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:28:17 +0000

“I’m not proudly defacing the book, but it’s a choice between removing that page and throwing away the whole Bible.”

I am completely unproud of wiping my butt with pages of the Bible that I don’t like, but unfortunately I am under moral obligation.
-Ian McKellen

This is sad. He can’t even admit that he is just so full of hatred for God that he has to soft-peddle it.

Yet God can cause him to be born again and find repentance. Let’s pray that he does.

By: D.J. Williams

D.J. Williams — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:11:23 +0000

Say it ain’t so, Gandalf.