Celebrity Christianity-
20th Century Report
BeneDiction led me to SoMA's article on the most famous Christian of the 20th Century. It is quite an article that should lead us all to do some serious thinking about how we make celebrities out of those who profess their Christian faith in highly public ways.

The main problems with "celebrity Christians" - they are:

• A. Celebrities
• B. Human
• C. Sinners like all of us.

As a result when they fall (and they will fail us in some way or another in almost all instances) we are disappointed and wonder if faith is really all it's cracked up to be. We forget that grace is given because none of us is ever good enough to get what God has to offer.

In addition there are those whose inner conflicts, demons, personality flaws, and worse discover ways to mishandle the faith, abuse it, manipulate it for their own self and ego. It becomes a source of power that they want more of. It can become a source of self-righteousness instead of the humility of one forgiven sinner living in a world of sinners.

It is no wonder that the Bible reminds us not to make idols of anything or anyone.