No Perfect People

This is one scary picture, but one could argue that it kind of reminds them of evil. If a person was asked 25 years ago what they thought of when they thought of God, the answer would be very, very different than it would today. People today are afraid of God. He is the picture of hate and discrimination to a lot of people. He is not the God of love and acceptance that He was once portrayed as.

John Burke, in his book, No Perfect People says, "The graphic effect of an evil world has etched a distorted image into people's minds and labeled it 'God.' Leaders must find creative, graphic ways, just like Jesus did, to paint accurate pictures from Scripture of the God who is defined by the word 'love' and whose intentions lead us into life."

Hollywood has not done Christianity any favors when it comes to depicting God. He is either some old irrelevant man who walks around sputtering gibberish, or He is some cosmic clown in the sky. Neither of those depictions is even close to accurate. With what Hollywood has created, it makes it doubly hard for people to be won to the Lord. George Barna says that once a person has their 18th birthday that the odds are incredibly high that an individual who is an unbeliever will ever accept Christ. So now the church has to think of new and innovative ways to present the gospel that dispels the fables that have been created.

God is love. That is one of His natural attributes. The Bible declares God's love over and over all throughout His 'love letter' to us. If people are going to be led to Christ they must first understand God's immense love for man. They must see that God is not irrelevant or scary. With the money that runs through Hollywood, this will not be an easy task, but it is necessary as the church continues to take steps to help the world see God for who He really is.