When Celebrities Convert, How Should Christians Respond?
10 min
“The beautiful thing about the Gospel is it can reach the most powerful people, but it also reaches down to the weakest and to the most needy among us.”
-Pastor Adriel Sanchez
When celebrities convert to Christianity, should Christians be skeptical? Should we celebrate? Pastor Adriel Sanchez applies biblical wisdom from Luke 14 on how Christians in the church can respond to celebrity conversions and rejoice with the angels in heaven “over one sinner who repents” (Luke 15:10).
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