Famous People and Christianity

[Eclipse]

Greetings ladies!!

I saw/heard 2 things recently that I wanted to share with the group...

While traveling to an offsite work location, I was listening to a local R & B station's morning show on Monday. The morning DJ interviewed "the rapper formerly known as Mase", who has, as I understand it, given up rapping, gotten saved, and is ministering throughout the US. Mase spoke very passionately about having the drugs, money, women, fame, cars, jew-ry (yeah I had to go there. I know that was bad!! ) etc. but how he was still empty inside. He realized that this emptiness was the lack of Jesus in his life. He now lives in Atlanta, attends what he called a small church in East Point, GA and ministers to young folks. He said that if folks were looking up to him when he was "Harlem World" (I hope I got that right---y'all know I'm old! he he) then he hopes he can influence someone onto the right track.

Earlier that same day I was watching C-SPAN while getting dressed. There was a WONDERFUL syposium (sp?) sponsored by Tavis Smiley on A-A issues and the political process (evidently it's been repeated a couple of times--if you can catch it please do.) Y'all , it was the BOMB!! Maxine Waters, Mr. Ervin "Magic" Johnson (you'll have to see the tape to understand that reference), Rev. Al Sharpton, Michael Eric Dyson, Danny Glover and Julianne Malveaux (I'm sure I mispelled her name) were on the panel. They spent several hours discussing various issues facing African Americans and possible solutions, but the piece de resistance was Dr. Jauanza Kunjufu's closing statement. He said "We have heard about a lot of the problems we are facing as African American (blah..blah..blah)...but there is one name that I have not heard since I have been here...that's the name above all other names!! (at this point I dropped the curling iron and ran in the bedroom) And his name is JESUS! We need to get Jesus in our lives...." I missed the rest of his statement because the audience was wildly aplauding and my husband and I were praising the Lord!!

It was quite wonderful seeing 2 very famous men praising and lifting up the name of the Lord in very public and secular settings. This especially hit home to me, as we have been studying evangelism in Bible Study.

Lesson for the week: Romans 1: 16(a) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;

Be blessed!!

[This message has been edited by Eclipse (edited August 24, 2000).]