The west coast UMC is already joined to the enemy. I left years ago after the minister preached that there was no hell, no devil and no demons. John Lennon would have been proud.
Our current pastor also has a problem with Hell. I imagine many of them do. It makes Santa Claus sound “mean”.
Oh, I mean God.
John Lennon was young and reckless with much of his political thinking. Politically he was naive and unrealistic.
John was a tortured soul since he was a little adorable boy. Rent the film ‘Nowhere Boy’ to see a very accurate portrayal of his young life, of how the tragic and abusive conflict of his parents was thrust on him at such as early and tender age. It’s a great teaching aid for parents in divorce to show how parental conflict damages young children.
People close to John (Ringo) say he had come around to Christ and was entering a period of his life where he would devote himself to Christ. Sadly his life was taken before we witnessed the full conversion.
Younger people and their naive thoughts and actions can frustrate us who are older. I won’t judge them.
As we grow older and wiser, it’s amazing how much more we appreciate Jesus Christ and his infinite wisdom; it’s just amazing how awareness grabs hold. So I let young people make their mistakes and try to be there for them when they start to realize they may have made mistakes.
John was loved by so many people even with all his flaws. I am sure he would have led enormous numbers of people to Christ had he lived to express his new found devotion.