tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post4754732019331358991..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Justin Bieber - the next hero of the faith?Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-27422408277999154992011-12-16T13:53:46.179-08:002011-12-16T13:53:46.179-08:00I think our friendship has reached a whole new lev...I think our friendship has reached a whole new level when I found out you had a post on Justin Bieber. I was laughing so hard while reading this I was near tears!<br />And I know someone already beat me to it but I was just about to correct you and mention that it was Ludacris who met his first love on the playground. heehee!<br />I actually had no idea that Bieber was claiming any part of Christianity. I guess his is the more tame variety that doesn't quite become very public. :-) <br />....poor kid.BerlinerinPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853762912371387793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-91664365666479163572011-03-09T23:16:07.504-08:002011-03-09T23:16:07.504-08:00http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11020143.h...http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11020143.htm<br /><br />Monday, February 21, 2011<br />The Justin Bieber Bible Quiz<br /><br />---<br />http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/the-persecution-of-justin-bieber/print/<br /><br />Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine.<br /><br />The persecution of Justin Bieber<br />Feb 28, 2011 by Colby Cosh<br />---<br />Defending Justin Bieber<br /><br />http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/business-being-diva/2011/mar/4/defending-justin-bieber/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-75763452577667956472011-03-08T09:47:17.864-08:002011-03-08T09:47:17.864-08:00Bekahcubed - hahaha! Love the dry heaving. (I feel...Bekahcubed - hahaha! Love the dry heaving. (I feel the same.)<br /><br />Jennifer @ Snapshot - I don't know....reading that Rolling Stones interview makes me think that those two are in a little bit more over their heads.<br /><br />And I don't think we, as parents, have to sit idly by and just see what music and influences our children drag through the door. I think we can teach discernment and when it comes to influential music (for music most certainly is!) then we have a responsibility to really pay attention and talk about the pros and cons, benefits and ask ourselves whether we are concentrating on things that are true, right, lovely, pure, noble, admirable, etc. (Phil. 4:8), weeding out the bad and holding on to what is good. (1 Thess. 5:21)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-45997211466418811112011-03-08T08:35:52.337-08:002011-03-08T08:35:52.337-08:00Interesting! I hadn't seen this.
Because I h...Interesting! I hadn't seen this.<br /><br />Because I have a 12-year-old girl, I am familiar with some lyrics of teen stars. It seems silly, but I think it's better for them to be hearing those types of lyrics as opposed to adult songs written about adult relationships, if that makes sense.<br /><br />I didn't know that Bieber was supposed to be a Christian, but I do think it's important.<br /><br />We saw Selena Gomez (a Disney darling who is supposed to be dating Justin B.) in concert. I had remembered that she had come out as a Christian and spoke about purity and I hoped that the 2 superstars weren't getting in over their heads. Maybe they aren't. We can only pray.<br /><br />It's a scary time to be a teenager (or to have one!!), and I think that Christian or not there's a lot of pressure on kids.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789250398792504412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-2590116524636306032011-03-07T06:50:41.515-08:002011-03-07T06:50:41.515-08:00Nice thoughts. I agree. That abortion thing bother...Nice thoughts. I agree. That abortion thing bothers me to no end. Exactly as you said, isn't that the age group most are trying to force abortion on?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337500567333475158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-54984435136390866782011-03-06T16:39:40.013-08:002011-03-06T16:39:40.013-08:00I remember them saying the same thing about Britne...I remember them saying the same thing about Britney Spears back in the day. We all saw how that turned out.<br /><br />Actually, I saw the movie with my teen groupies and while I admit, I think he has a good foundation and the people around him are trying to keep him grounded and level-headed and there was prayer and praise (which was nice), I'd hardly call him a Hero of the Faith. He's a kid who, thus far, is being raised with some faith encouragement...but, he's just a kid. Just because I send my kids to Lutheran schools and we try to "train them in the way they should go" certainly doesn't make them Heroes of the Faith. But, hopefully, when they make mistakes (as I'm sure Justin will) they'll eventually come back to what they've been taught and what I hope they can believe on their own one day...not JUST because it's what they've learned. Poor Justin, as if it's not hard enough to live up to the expectations of being a "pop star" now he has to live up to expectations of those who think of him as the next hero of faith?? Too much...too young. And, by the way, he turned 17 this past week. Just sayin'. (Hey, I have TEEN GIRLS!!! lol)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-11274793810693103772011-03-05T16:26:15.334-08:002011-03-05T16:26:15.334-08:00I have a tendency to roll my eyes and begin dry-he...I have a tendency to roll my eyes and begin dry-heaving whenever I hear that a celebrity of the day is a Christian.<br /><br />Not that I think it's impossible for a celeb to be a Christian (just almost impossible)--but generally whenever someone "comes out" as a Christian, it's nothing more than a publicity stunt.<br /><br />Say, for instance, Justin Bieber declaring that he's a Christian. :-|bekahcubedhttp://bekahcubed.menterz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-61783233303703041092011-03-05T08:17:07.458-08:002011-03-05T08:17:07.458-08:00Well. I've never heard of the guy so I have n...Well. I've never heard of the guy so I have no opinion of him. BUT it does annoy me that people latch on to any teen celebrity as "wholesome" without investigating the truth of that statement. And then disown the teen when they reach adulthood and don't act so "wholesome." Have we learned nothing from Britney and her friends?Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-70185406841951213272011-03-05T08:10:37.867-08:002011-03-05T08:10:37.867-08:00You're so right on, Carrie. I teach middle sc...You're so right on, Carrie. I teach middle school and it's absolutely revolting how many of my students are falling all over themselves about him. What bugs me is his song about being at a party and trying to be with a girl who's also giving attentions to another guy. THIS is the kind of young man we want our impressionable young ladies looking towards as a godly young man? GAG ME WITH A PITCHFORK ALREADY!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-56490420651352080692011-03-05T05:11:01.480-08:002011-03-05T05:11:01.480-08:00I wrote that comment up there--it's marked &qu...I wrote that comment up there--it's marked "Shannon." I'm on a borrowed computer. Oops!Amy @ Hope Is the Wordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-3859109861667686322011-03-05T05:09:21.742-08:002011-03-05T05:09:21.742-08:00Eh. Justin Bieber. He annoys me, and I've ne...Eh. Justin Bieber. He annoys me, and I've never even heard him sing. Mainly he annoys me because my dds' female age-mates at church and homeschool group (yes! 5-8year olds) love him and talk about him ad nauseum (and even have the doll!) to the point that my girls "love" him and "swoon" over him. What's a mother to do? <br />I'm annoyed AND puzzled. For the record, my younger dd calls him Justin Beaver. :-)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200377851824327557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-90463080702225603322011-03-04T18:09:33.335-08:002011-03-04T18:09:33.335-08:00I'll give him credit for making a public state...I'll give him credit for making a public statement about his faith, but I suspect that his understanding of it is about a mile wide and an inch deep. I also suspect that there's an image issue here. (On the whole, it looks good -- to his general fanbase -- for him to be so "wholesome.") I'll be more interested to see how his faith looks when he's 25. If we're lucky, however, he'll fade off the map before then.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964373798194372154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-12545768608035437322011-03-04T17:30:28.411-08:002011-03-04T17:30:28.411-08:00A ten year old girl in my neighborhood had me list...A ten year old girl in my neighborhood had me listen to "Baby" as it is one of her favorite songs....<br />I loved your review!Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446914963118461073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-1684946131299144192011-03-04T17:02:33.758-08:002011-03-04T17:02:33.758-08:00Oh, how you enlighten me.Oh, how you enlighten me.Annette @ Live, Learn, Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684907109448173234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-85038685738901043852011-03-04T16:08:52.973-08:002011-03-04T16:08:52.973-08:00Well, technically, the playground lyrics are rappe...Well, technically, the playground lyrics are rapped by Ludacris...just sayin'.<br /><br />Faith-based? Ummm, whatever. From the previews I've seen, I just assumed that Bieber was obsessed with himself, and getting others to join that cult.<br /><br />A 16-year-old can't understand abortion? I think I'd agree with that! Then stop convincing teenage girls to have abortions without helping them understand the full consequences of their actions!Ronnicahttp://ignoranthistorian.comnoreply@blogger.com