“Most major social media and streaming platforms quickly removed the song, but the music video, which featured a clip from one of Hitler’s speeches, can still be found on X … where it has accumulated millions of views and shares. It’s a tragic and despicable song.” - Breakpoint
The Conundrum of Celebrity Christians
“With the recent apostasy of Kanye West, the issue of celebrity Christians has once again surfaced. In addition to Kanye West’s high profile religious rise and fall, we might think of Russell Brand’s recent profession of faith.” - Cripplegate
Friends in High Places: On Celebrity Conversions
“our obsession with celebrity conversions evinces a kind of favoritism Scripture explicitly prohibits (Gal. 2:6; 1 Tim. 5:21). James 2 warns us about this: ‘My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism’ ” - CToday
Let them come: New believers such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali won’t always have the right words yet
“…the world-famous activist and atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s declaration of new Christian faith is a stunning event. Accustomed as we are to ideological entrenchment, Ms. Ali’s repudiation of her secular bona fides (Richard Dawkins called her a “major hero of our time”) feels genuinely unlikely” - World
“The more troubling problem with celebrity conversions is how believers respond.”
“In a popular youtube video, Bieber describes hitting bottom and how he turned to follow Christ. It is an interesting story, laced with a few expletives. He sounds a little confused, but not much different from some new believers I have had the chance to disciple over the years.” - P&D
Kanye West’s Conversion Could Be a Cultural Wrecking Ball
“… West’s very public conversion to Christianity, a Christianity that bears no resemblance to the vague spiritualism of Moral Therapeutic Deism that is often associated with celebrity conversions.” - National Review