Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

At Wheaton College in 2002, Bono said, “It’s a remarkablething, the idea that there’s some sort of hierarchy to sin. It’ssomething I can never figure out, the idea that sexualimmorality is somehow much worse than, say, institutionalgreed. Somewhere in the back of the religious mind is thisidea that we reap what we sow is missing the entire NewTestament and the concept of grace completely” (“Backstagewith Bono,” Christianitytoday.com music interviews, Dec. 9,2002).e Christianity Today reporter understood that Bono wassaying that reaping what we sow is not a biblical teaching andis contrary to grace. In fact, the Bible plainly says, “Be notdeceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7), and that was stated inthe very context of Paul’s teaching about grace. God’s gracethrough Christ is offered to all men, but its reception requiresrepentance and faith (Acts 20:21). Nowhere in the NewTestament do we find Christ or the apostles fretting about“institutional greed” or rebuking the Roman government forits institutional sins, but the New Testament says a LOT aboutPERSONAL sin and sexual immorality! Most of the NewTestament epistles warn about sexual immorality.Appearing on the Golden Globe Awards broadcast by NBCtelevision in 2003, Bono shouted a vile curse word. eincident was investigated by the Federal CommunicationsCommission (FCC), which deemed his language “profane”but decided not to fine the stations. Imagine an allegedChristian shouting such vile things on the public airwavesthat he is investigated by the FCC!In 2006 Bono said: “I recently read in one of St. Paul’sletters where it describes all of the fruits of the spirit, and Ihad none of them” (“Enough Rope with Andrew Denton,”March 13, 2006).In October 2008, Fox News reported that Bono and rockerfriend Simon Carmody partied with teenage girls on a yachtin St. Tropez. e report, which was accompanied by a photo385