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Celebrity Conversions

Kanye, Hitler, and the Marks of True Conversion

By Filings on Tue, 06/03/25
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“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

By Filings on Thu, 02/13/25
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“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

By Filings on Thu, 01/04/24
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“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

By Filings on Thu, 11/16/23
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“…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.”

By Filings on Mon, 03/02/20
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“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

By Filings on Wed, 10/30/19
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“… 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

Some Thoughts about Celebrities Who Become Christians and Then…

By TylerR on Sun, 10/27/19
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Roger Olson: I’ve heard it said many times over the years that evangelical Christians are the only army that shoots its own wounded.

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