I posted this on my revelife blog…yeah, I have two blogs assoc. with Xanga…I need a life.  But anyway, I’m so curious about everyone’s take on this, I thought I’d post it here as well.  Thanks!

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There are some parts of Hollywood that I just don’t pay attention to, but when I see the title of an article including a celebrity’s name and God/Jesus, or it might possibly shed some light on their spiritual beliefs, my eyebrows raise.  If you haven’t read, there was a plane that crashed during take off back in September in South Carolina.  DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) and his buddy Travis Barker were on board.  The pilots and two passengers died, and DJ AM and Barker received critical burns.  After recovery they jumped back on the horse, so to speak, and have done at least one performance since. 

I just saw this article from People saying that if DJ AM had not been hospitalized for the burns from this plane crash, he might not have found out about a blood clot in his leg from all the regular flying he does.  He has over 2 million frequent flyer miles!  Amazing.  But, it could have found its way to his heart and that would have been it, cardiac arrest and he’d be done.

Before I clicked on the link, I wondered if Goldstein would acknowledge God or not.  I don’t know much of anything about him.  According to Wikipedia, he has been engaged to Nicole Richie…which doesn’t gauge too high on my charts, but who knows.  At the end of the article, though, he makes this statement, “I have great faith that everything happens for a reason.” (and the part that TMZ conveniently leaves out of its article of the same story) “I put my life in God’s hands.”

Now, I don’t know what that means to him, but it sounds pretty good.  Goldstein is an obviously Jewish name, but there’s no way to tell if he adheres to Jewish beliefs or Christian, or any particular theistic belief system. 

What I’m curious about is if anyone knows anything more about this guy.  Like I said, I don’t know much about him, but this is interesting to me.  How do you feel when a celebrity begins to talk about God?  How do you feel when one begins to talk the talk but remains in the immoral atmosphere of so many parts of Hollywood? 

Links:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20233680,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/dj-am-plane-crash-saved-me-for-real/

The one thing that the entire world most definitely has in common, so far as history goes, is Genesis 1-11.  Think about it, Adam and Eve are our great-great-great-great-great-yatta-yatta-yatta-grandparents.  ALL of us.  Not just that, but the whole world’s population was wiped out in the flood, except for Noah and his family.  So we all are descendents from that family as well.  And all nations originated at Babel.  Once Babel happened, then our cultures took their own paths, but before that, we were all unified, practicing the same culture and everything.  The world was still relatively new, damaged, yes, but pretty new.

I’m going through Genesis in two of my classes for Bible Time.  I’m coming to realize how crucial Genesis 1-11 is in understanding the Gospel.  It’s amazing really.  The one part of the Bible that every person can find a common history is the one part that people have the hardest time believing.  Granted, people have a problem believing most of the Bible anyways, but the reason they reject the rest of the Bible stands on the basis of their rejection of Genesis 1-11. 

There are so many things that I can point a person to: history, science, sociology, etc…but it is a very difficult thing for them to accept.  In Japan, when children are in school, they are taught to learn by memory and recitation only.  There’s not much free thinking.  They learn facts and they take those facts and regurgitate them to pass tests and get through college and then get a job where most of it doesn’t matter.  Many young adults don’t have the skills to question their lives and actually learn to put their feet in front of the other based on their own thoughts.  Evolution is one thing that is just understood to be true in schools here.  They don’t question it.  Unless thay have a reason to.  I’m hoping that I can give them that reason.

http://answersingenesis.com

This morning I will be sharing the story of Elijah going against the prophets of Ba’al with my 10:30a ladies class.  They love hearing the stories and learning new words and concepts, but I have yet to see truths sink in with them.  Please pray for them, that their ears would be opened, their hearts would be ready, and their souls repentant.  This could be a big morning for them.