Tuesday, November 15, 2011

M.I. preaches?

A friend of mine asked me recently what I felt about a pastor inviting M.I. (Mr. Incredible -Jude Abaga) for a programme he hosted. Considering that this man of God is one a lot of young people respect, I felt completely uncomfortable with the whole idea. I did a quick search online and landed on the facebook page of this church.

Apparently the show the pastor hosted was a talent show of some sorts. I am still trying to get info on what exactly M.I. was invited to do but I stil strongly felt that mix was not a right one.

Interestingly this raised some serious dust amongst some of the guys at the place I work. We discussed what could be the motivation behind inviting M.I. to the event. Why? Unfortunately I'm still investigating the content of the programme and what exactly M.I. did there but if you would like to see the poster, here it is https://www.facebook.com/ExtremeRevolution (as the profile picture of the programme).

However this trend seems to be the order of the day amongst believers where in trying to blur the line between the 'secular' and the 'spiritual' we tend to mix things up. Or how would you explain a christian rap group that changes a song by Kas (Fimile).

Original song                    "Christian" Remix
Fimile baby fimile Fimile esu fimile
Mi o se mo baby fimile Mi o se mo esu fimile
Ta lo nsoro? Kas lo nsoro Ta lo nsoro? omo Jesu lo nsoro

Or Resonance who featured Tuface in the remix of her song "Chinwe Ike"? Or even a Lara George song, 'Run With Me' where Lord of Ajasa was featured. I don't get it.

N.B. I got to learn just a few minutes ago that putting M.I. on the poster was a publicity stunt. M.I. did not come to perform but he was a way to attract the kind of youth that would not probably attend a "christian" programme. Can someone help me?

1 comment:

Princeayo said...

'N.B. I got to learn just a few minutes ago that putting M.I. on the poster was a publicity stunt. M.I. did not come to perform but he was a way to attract the kind of youth that would not probably attend a "christian" programme. Can someone help me?'


So, when did we start using deceit to preach the gospel.

O ga o