My new friend Joyce is taking me to task on my use of the Obama Joker image. The point – is it a good Christian witness to portray the president, or anyone, in a negative light. She has a valid point and I struggle with this. Is it a derogatory image or is it simply drawing attention to our duly elected president’s political agenda? What is our role as believers in confronting wrongs? Jesus himself called the Pharisees hypocrites and whitewashed tombs.
She quotes Gary Thomas: “Just because someone I’m opposing is wrong doesn’t make me right.” Not sure I agree fully. We are called to be meek, which I understand as ‘strength under restraint’, and not as a synonym for weak or inoffensive.
Am I off base here?
