“The only radio station that is safe for your family”.
Almost every Christian radio station that has found its way into my car has had that tagline. It’s not a bad one. I understand what they mean. Such a statement is code for: “We aren’t going to be playing smut that will cause mom and dad to blush when junior starts singing the lyrics”. That is a tremendous ambition. We should protect our children from exposure to sin as much as possible.
Yet, I have to wonder whether or not “safe” is the correct word. When I hear radio stations promoting “safe” lyrics the words of C.S. Lewis come to my mind. Writing from a war-torn England, Lewis speaks of Aslan the Great King;
“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
I wonder, though, how many times I play it safe in helping to lead our little church. Could our church have a tagline that says, “Our church is safe”? I fear that such a banner might as well say, “Our church will follow Jesus up to the point of carrying a cross”. I don’t want to lead a safe church; I want to lead an obedient one that climbs the hill of Golgotha with our Savior. Keep reading
No comments:
Post a Comment