Comedian Russell Brand announces he is getting baptized: ‘I’m taking the plunge’

Fox News ^ | April 28, 2024 | Gabriel Hayes

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Comedian and actor Russell Brand recently announced that he is going to be baptized as a Christian.

The famous actor, comedian, and podcast host made the announcement in a brief video he shared to social media on the morning of April 26,

In it, he also remarked on how it seems that other people are also turning to Christianity as the modern world loses meaning.

"This Sunday, I’m taking the plunge. I’m getting baptized," he declared while filming himself standing outside.

Noting his fascination with the Christian sacrament, he continued, "What’s been explained to me is, it’s an opportunity to die and be reborn. An opportunity to leave the past behind and be reborn in Christ’s name."

Brand has been exploring Christianity for some time now. Months after he became the subject of a formal investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, Brand told his audience he had begun reading the Bible as well as the works of Christian philosopher C.S. Lewis.

In January, Brand posted a video of himself to X explaining why he had been wearing a cross, stating, "The reason I wear a cross is because Christianity and in particular, the figure of Christ are it seems to me inevitably becoming more important as I become more familiar with suffering, purpose, self, and not self."

In the same video, he said that he never embraced faith when he was younger because it seemed either too "old-fashioned and sort of dusty," or too modernized.

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[Mr. Blond]

Or I’m just able to read. He never once mentions in the article that he has accepted Christ. “Brand then referenced a verse from Scripture, adding, “Like it says in Galatians: that you can live as an enlightened and awakened person.” He seems to still be a Buddhist at heart. Baptisms are not performative, they should follow a confession of faith.

[Mr. Blond]

I’m sure he is sincere in his journey. But at no point did he say that he was a Christian, or that he had yet accepted Christ, ergo he has no business getting baptized.

[boycott]

Great for him.

I enjoy listening to him. He full of common-sense that world needs more of.

[dfwgator]

I suspect now you’ll hear more allegations of sexual harassment come against him.

[georgia peach]

We haven’t heard every word that he has spoken just those covered by the MSM. God works, I am willing to let Him judge.

[Bulwyf]

Saul did it. Anyone can. That guy was a crazy man.

[vpintheak]

I agree. I’m not into celebrity worship and trendiness. I never trusted Kanye’s supposed conversion and look what he’s doing now. Sad.
Time and fruit will tell.

[jocon307]

This makes me very happy. I think Brand is very, very intelligent, despite some of the schtick you see in the movies.

[MikelTackNailer]

Brand has the amazing ability to see through the smoke and mirrors of BS the powers-that-be put up to befuddle the rest of us - and a talent for condensing that down to explanations most people can digest. So great he's seemed to recognize where those abilities ultimately came from.

Now if we can get Henry Rollins on board...too much brilliance in that guy to remain leftist.

[Valin]

“In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere — “Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,” as Herbert says, “fine nets and stratagems.” God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.”
C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

So We’ll see. I hope and pray its real.

[No name given]

Exactly.