Pat Robertson & Haiti

I posted my status on Facebook yesterday by saying this, "Someone needs to tell Pat Robertson to shut up." I still feel this way. Robertson basically said the the people of Haiti swore a pact with the devil and this is why they are suffering. He is citing a story he read (he does not give a reference) about how they did this to drive out the French.

I know that telling someone to shut up is not a very nice thing to say, and I know that Pat Robertson in no way represents what the majority of Christians think, but it really angers me that people like that become the loudest voice in the crowd. The more I hear about what happened in Haiti, the more amazed I am at the devastation. I pray that we, the Church, will be able to help restore and rebuild this country.

The Church is not in (nor should it engage in) a public relations war. We are to let God justify us. Our love for each other and the world around us ought to be evidence enough of our faith. When outspoken men or women declare things about us or about God that are simply untrue and misrepresent the truth, our job is not to shout louder in return, but to demonstrate love with even more fervor.

I hope Robertson realizes the damage he has done to the credibility of the Gospel, yet I also know that I, too, am guilty of misrepresenting God's love in a million small ways.

Under the Mercy,
Jason