JOHNNY VEGAS’S GUIDE TO… EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY
Tuesday 11 September 2007
11:05pm
Johnny Vegas is better known for his dry northern humour than his religious devotion, but in the first programme in this run of The Beginner’s Guide , Johnny revisits the question of his faith that he abandoned, aged 11, when he left the seminary school where he was enrolled to become a priest. So he embarks on a personal journey that will take him from the pubs and comedy clubs of the UK to the new heartland of Christian America to see if the evangelicals there can save his soul.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:24 am
I am a christian and i was curious to watch the show and see whether he was going to ridicule christianity becaus it seems absurd to have faith in a God we can’t see to many unbelievers.As i was watching i kept on hopig that he would give he’s life to God because it would change so tremendously he would not even recognise himself.Im glad that he is looking but he should try t read the bible and see how compasionate,loving e.t.c God is.Jonny Jesus died for an undeserving people so that we could all be saved so don’t ever think that you are beyond help no-one is trust me.If only you knew how God really loves you nothing would brig you down it’s the best feeling in the world.Stop searching for answers and talk t hi directly he is very approachable and you’ll be amazed.I could go on and on,i suggest lisening to great preachers of God like Kenneth copeland(www.kcm.org,Billy graham,Morris Cerrullo.My uncommon God loves damaged lost people that’s why Jesus hang out with outcasts like prostitues,tax collectors. Finally accepting Christ means when you die you will sped eternal life with him rather than live out eternally in hell which exist despite what people may think.nly a wise perso recieves salvation because i time is coming when it wil be imposible and too late.God bless
September 12th, 2007 at 9:57 am
I too watched this programme expecting it to be another knock against the evangelical church. I suspected that they would concentrate on some of the more fringe elements of are faith. However I was pleased to see that they picked normal men and women of good who you could see only had love for Johnny. My heart went out too Johnny as he struggled with his faith as it is a struggle I have sometimes day to day. Grace and feeling forgiven are one of the hardest things I feel in are faith we have to come to terms with. My two complaints about the programme is one, they never touched on British evangelicals like Terry Virgo etc. I sometimes feel especially for British people that British pastors are more approachable. My second complaint is at the end Johnny’s downfall I some how feel this may have been staged by the editors to bring ridicule to the faith. Johnny was making really good progress.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Johnny’s honesty was so refreshing; the editors also showed a balanced, warts and all, view of the dilemmas we all face in working out our faith. ‘We all like sheep….’
I liked the use of the words ‘Some evangelicals believe…’ It’s so easy to ridicule any belief system by emphasising the extremes and excesses that are present in all. So much is claimed to be Christian that Christ never ordained.
Maybe a look at the UK scene may be more culturally relevant for a northern lad like Johnny.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
It seems to me that he desires the comfort of faith, but doesn’t truly believe in god.
Just as you should respect people of other faiths, so should you respect athiests. A good example of this being Morgan Spurlock’s 30 days: An atheist among Christians.
So, whether or not Johnny chooses to start practising catholicism does not change the fact that he deserves to be happy and successful. Good luck to him, he’s a great guy and so funny!!