This image released by HBO shows Brian Cox in the final season of "Succession." (HBO via AP)

 

 

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:18-22

What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Romans 9:22-24

 

Some might say or think it doesn’t matter if you believe God, believe in God, or believe what is written in the Holy Bible. Some, many through the ages and an overwhelming number presently deny God, mock those who believe in God and they revile and reject the inerrant infallible living Word of God. To their eternal destruction unless they repent, humbly submit to Jesus, Messiah, Lord of lords and King of kings, and make Him Lord of their life. His. No longer the world’s, no longer enslaved to the father of lies. The great deceiver.

Those who imagine themselves smart, so astute, intelligent, and wise according to the world are fools in utter darkness following and believing the great lie that began in the Garden of Eden and the same lie has echoed throughout the world in billions of ears, hearts and minds having them become arrogant and rebellious.

Such tragic consequences are the result. Eternal consequences. All those denying the Lord, mocking His Son, mocking His Word which is the only book of pure truth will receive the wrath of God — which is His holy and just judgment for their disbelief, their disobedience, their rebellion, and rejection of the one person Who could save them from eternal torment and the pit of hell — Jesus Christ. Trust, belief, and faithfulness in Christ, in God, in the Holy Spirit — in the whole Word of God.

Anyone who listens to and believes an actor, a celebrity, their idol who spits on Jesus, mocks Jesus, mocks God, mocks those who faithfully follow Christ and believe every word within God’s Word is a fool. No matter how they may boast of their education, pedigree, experience, or worldly wisdom.

They will not stand before the Lord come their time in judgment.

Read on…

Ken Pullen, Monday, May 6th, 2024

 

 

Cancel that last order: McDonald’s pitchman Brian Cox fileted over Bible-bashing

 

Thursday, May 2, 2024

By Valerie Richardson

Reprinted from The Washington Times

 

Emmy-winning actor Brian Cox has been torched after skewering the Bible as “one of the worst books,” and McDonald’s may not be lovin’ it.

Mr. Cox is best known as the star of HBO’s “Succession,” but the Scottish thespian and self-proclaimed socialist is also the voice of the Golden Arches, using his distinguished accent to peddle Big Macs, fries and Egg McMuffins since 2020.

Mr. Cox even sings the “ba da ba ba ba” jingle at the end of the commercials, and yet the 77-year-old thespian’s crinkly charm was nowhere to be found in his interview posted this week with “The Starting Line” podcast.

“The propaganda goes way back,” he said. “The Bible is one of the worst books, for me, from my point of view, because it starts with the idea of Adam’s rib, that out of Adam’s rib this woman was created. And they believe it, because they’re stupid.”

Having your pitchman call Christian and Jewish believers “stupid” would have most brand executives reaching for the Tums, but Mr. Cox wasn’t finished.

Asked by host Rich Leigh if people “need it,” referring to a belief in God, Mr. Cox replied, “They need it, but they don’t need to be told lies. They need some kind of truth, and that is not the truth. It is not the truth. It’s a mythology.”

Needless to say, Mr. Cox can probably rule out a gig with Chick-fil-A.

His critics were soon demanding a quarter-pound of flesh, raising questions about whether McDonald’s really is your kind of place — and what the McDonald’s marketing department thinks about its anti-capitalist, Bible-bashing salesman’s ripostes.

McDonald’s did not respond to a request for comment.

The conservative Media Research Center said Mr. Cox “does what a portion of Atheists do — crap on those that do have faith, because they’re too ‘stupid’ to have a comprehension of something bigger than themselves.”

OutKick writer Mike Gunzelman said: “Hopefully, Brian Cox‘s publicist believes in God because they’ll definitely need his help dealing with this mess he just created.”

Christian commentator Dick Delingpole observed: “It’s almost as if we shouldn’t look to actors for their towering intellect and insight.”