Preaching - Bono’s Way
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Bono is my hero. See him at the NAACP awards.
Makes you wonder what a prophet in the 21st Century will be like. The 5 minute sermon Bono gives here is the best sermon I have ever heard. Why? He takes 5 minutes to say everything. The most profound truth takes no time to get across while the most complex and unimportant takes classes and classes to unpack.
Why will people listen to Bono and not a pastor?
Try this. Maybe it is because Bono is cool with people trying to follow Jesus without them having to be Christians first. I mean, come-on. The guy is preaching Christian truth to non-Christians and they are following. Pastors can rarely preach to Christians and get them to be Christians.
When I watch Bono, I realize that preaching must be more non-Christian. THIS IS HOW OUR SUBCULTURE KILLS US. We confuse people with -ologies. Eschatology, soteriology…etc. People don’t care about that, but they do care about the poor.
Imagine the day the Church (big C) is known for being the number one advocate for the poor.