Brother Jed

With Brother Jed coming to our campus I thought it would be appropriate to post about him and the cultures of Christians here at Texas A&M. For those of you who don’t know, Brother Jed is a preacher who travels across the country visiting college campus’s to preach. However, his method of preaching is one of condemning people and not about the true love of Jesus Christ. The arrival of Brother Jed brings out many people to academic plaza (where he preaches). The majority of people there are atheists mocking Brother Jed, Christians trying to love people that might be angry or confused at what Brother Jed is saying, and random students passing by in between classes. A lot of what Brother Jed says causes controversies for Christians and really challenges them to assess what they believe. The predominant culture of Christians here at A&M is rather comfortable. People would say that the majority of students at A&M are Christian and it is easy for Christians to make friends and get through college. Brother Jed really challenges the average Christian and tests their faith. Are Christians going to step out and defend their faith? Are they going to become uncomfortable for the very faith that they are defined by? Or are they going to sit back in their comfortable culture? This Christian culture at A&M is a blessing, but can also be detrimental to one’s faith. It can allow Christians to think everyone loves Jesus and causes Christians to be stagnant in their faith. Christians here at A&M should be continually stepping out in their faith and redefine the “culture of a Christian.” That is what I would love to see. True revival will happen when all the Christians here at A&M completely fall in love with Jesus and act like His death on the cross actually means something. We don’t need a religious culture, we need people who love Jesus and that is all that matters to them.