Those good folk over at Christian Concern have been campaigning under the "Not Ashamed" banner for a little while. The idea is that being a Christian in public is increasingly being seen as something to be embarrassed about. The campaign is asking Christians to be more open about their faith in public. In principle, not bad thing, but Mouse finds the whole thing just a little negative in outlook. "Not Ashamed" is a rather negative way to think about being proud, comfortable and happy in your faith.
Nevertheless, the campaign has inspired 18 year-old
Mouse draws his readers attention to His Grace's campaign to get Cliff to No.1. Given the undoubted competition from the X-Factor, it looks like His Grace's campaign does not have sufficient momentum at this time, with only 1,234 having signed up to the Facebook page at time of writing. It remains to be seen how well Josh Anderson will fare, but his single is available from 6 December, but Mouse does not give him much of a chance.
Dear Mouse, whilst sharing some of your misgivings, I feel it's only fair to point out that "not ashamed" is a biblical allusion - Romans 1:16 .
ReplyDeleteThe problem lies, not in being ashamed of the Gospel but in the shame of trite and musically unimaginative 'christian' music. Now a campaign to get 'Mumford & Sons to No1 I could back ...
ReplyDelete"Love that will not dismay,betray or enslave you, it will set you free, be more like the man you were made to be" "there is a design, an alignment a cry of my heart to see the beauty of love as it was made to be". Now THATS what I call Christmas
Ha ha is this a new 'reverse psychology' approach to PR? Watch and learn, Max Clifford, watch and learn!
ReplyDeleteCharlie - a lot of things are in the Bible, but that doesn't mean it is wise to use them as the basis for a major national campaign!
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