Do Bible college students realize how hard they make it for "normal" Christians to be a witness in their community? I used to be a Bible college student...and I was as bad as anyone else probably; but, it shocks me how ignorant and blatant many (if not all) Bible college students are. As a theatre professional, I spend almost every waking moment working and hanging out with gays, druggies, and basically those that many Christians consider the scum of the earth. I also work and hang out with some of the most passionate, caring, talented, and hard-working people on the earth. Whatever happened to showing God's love to EVERYONE?? And not only do so many act like these people are somehow beneath them and weird, they also make fun of them. I am so sick and tired of people, who don't understand gays or addicts or any other "different" person, making fun of them. Since when is it funny to act gay just to make a gay person look or feel stupid? When I was in Bible college, I was as guilty of this as the next person...but now that work and know so many of them, I realize what a jerk I was. God loves these people too. When an employee comes to work stoned out of his mind, it never crosses my mind to make fun of him. God loves him just as much as He loves me! Unfortunately, your average Bible college student doesn't understand this concept at all it seems. I spend more time at work defending the actions, FB posts, and jokes of my Bible college "friends" than I do actually getting to share the gospel. Too many times, I will bring up Jesus or Christianity only to have them shoot me down with something along the lines of "I've met people from your college...I'm not interested." Or (even more common) "From the way your people talk, I don't think Jesus is interested in me." Sometimes, I just want to shake some Christians and make them see what they are doing to the name of God...
If you are going to talk about gays or addicts or what you consider "weird" people, you should take a week and spend it in the theatre with me...you'll see that these people often times put Christians to shame with their work ethic, their love for people, and their passion for sharing what excites them.
When did my church sign become too good to accept a theatre marquee? When did my steeple become too holy to overshadow a dying world? When did my pew become too clean to hold a drug addict? When did my love become too pure to encompass a gay or lesbian? When did my God become too small to save the lost?
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