Apparently there is a whole lot of buzz around the web about Mary Mary’s “God In Me” video. To my knowledge EEWMagazine began sparking the discussion and asking the question “Has Mary Mary gone too far?” In case you haven’t seen it, the video features cameos by music and TV personalities like Heavy D, Kanye West, Amber Rose, Common, and Fonzworth Bentley. Apparently, there are many people who believe that Mary Mary “went too far”.
Are these people serious? There is absolutely nothing wrong with having certain people make a cameo in a music video. I think some people need to seriously get a grip. We want our ministers and gospel artists to go out and win souls for Christ, but we handcuff the way they do it. We tell them what their music should sound like. We tell them how they need to talk. We tell them who they can and can not hang out with. I think we need to leave them alone.
We need to all remember that Jesus hung out with everybody. That includes people most of us would call “unsaved” or “un-churched”. How do any of us expect to reach these people if we don’t have some type of association with them? Jesus clearly role modeled this to us. Why is it so hard for us to follow his example in this area?
Creflo Dollar got blasted for making a appearance in Jermaine Dupri’s “Welcome to Atlanta” video. What people don’t widely report is that Creflo openly admits that being in that video attracted a number of unbelievers to his ministry.
If you notice, Israel Houghton is also in the video. Think about this. You have Israel, and Mary Mary all on the same set with some famous personalities that some people classify as unbelievers. Imagine all of the conversations that could have happened on set. Israel could have been ministering to Kanye West about overcoming the death of his mother.
If you watch the video, they aren’t having drinks. There no sexual content or profanity. Nothing “bad” is going on.
As believers we can not put ourselves in a bubble and ignore the rest of the world. We can’t just sit in our churches and treat them like exclusive country clubs where you need to look and talk a certain way to be included.
Let me make something clear. I don’t think it is wise to spend the majority of your time with someone who does not follow christ. Over time, they could be a negative influence on you. However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with lunch or coffee from time to time. This is also nothing wrong with having someone appear in a music video.
Take a look at the video and tell me what you think.
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