Pray for Craig Ferguson
(And any other Hollywood folks while you're at it. 
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Last night I was up way too late printing out our annual free credit reports, and I caught Craig Ferguson's monologue. He informed everyone that he wasn't going to be doing any "pretty ponies" or "chicky monkeys" (some trademark phrases of his), and that the show was going to be pretty different than usual.
His father passed away this past weekend.
So he spent his monologue telling all about his dad. It was quite neat actually. Bless his heart, at one point he got choked up. I thought I was gonna lose it myself.
His "guest" (not sure if it was his only guest or just his first one...I went to bed LOL) was a friend of his, and they just sat there talking and sharing more about Craig's dad. I believe the friend was a psychologist-type dude (but don't quote me on it), and he asked Craig if he was a spiritual person at all.
Craig shared that no, he wasn't very spiritual. He'd LIKE to think there is something more out there, but he wasn't really sure. He'd like to think that he's going to see his father again. He thinks spirituality should primarily be about service. Etc.
Nevermind his dad dying...this was so, so sad. This man is lost and knows that he is without hope.
Pray that the Lord would send someone Craig's way to tell him about Jesus, that the Holy Spirit would draw him to Himself, and that Craig would answer with a resounding YES!
vgarr wrote,
That is sad.
Link | January 31st, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Kate wrote,
Ok - either I’ve been under a rock or I’m really back in the future! But who is Craig Ferguson? This is really sad…
Link | February 5th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
razorbackmama wrote,
Oops sorry! He’s got the show that comes on after David Letterman. I believe it’s “The Late, Late Show” maybe?????
Link | February 5th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Perri wrote,
I saw his monolouge too. It’s the only time I’ve ever seen his show. I didn’t watch the guests. I thought he did a beautiful tribute to his father, but it is so sad that he has not hope.
Link | February 5th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
Ashly wrote,
Craig Ferguson actually has reached a conclusion on religion and spirituality that works for him.
Link | June 7th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
My guess is that it’s not Christianity, which still is hopeless since Jesus is the only Way to heaven. I hope I’m wrong, but based on his own comments, I doubt it’s truly “working for him.”
Link | June 7th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Ashly wrote,
I think if a person is at peace with their own beliefs and spirituality, than that’s all that matters.
Link | June 7th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Ashly,
Many do feel the same way as you do. However, the Bible teaches differently. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” We can “be at peace” with our beliefs all we want, but our heart is deceitful - it LIES to us.
What matters is this:
1 Timothy 1:15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners–of whom I am the worst.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Revelation 20:15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
And how to have one’s name written in the book of life?
Romans 10:9-10 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
And why only Jesus and not “whatever” spiritual conclusion we are at peace with?
John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
And it is through Jesus that we have true peace. Colossians 1:19-20 say, “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.” We CAN have peace, but it is only possible through Jesus Christ.
Link | June 9th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Ashly wrote,
It doesn’t matter what a person’s religion is, if it gives them solace and helps them, let them worship it.
It seems to me a good Christian would want to save someone. Help them. See them in trouble and want to help them see the light. Not deem them as without hope and complain about their spiritual status online while hiding behind the safety of screen names.
Link | June 10th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
Ashly, you’re right, we can worship however we want. But in the end, only one path leads to God, and that is through His Son.
I am not hiding. If I knew of a way to help Craig Ferguson other than praying and asking prayer for him, I would. It’s not like I can call him up and talk to him.
I’m sorry if I sounded like I was “complaining” about his spiritual status. I was simply sharing with others what he said himself on his TV show. It broke my heart to know that he is without hope of eternal life.
Link | June 10th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Ashly wrote,
You don’t know that he is without hope.
Link | June 10th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
He said as much on his show. He said he’d like to think there was something else after death, but he didn’t really know. That is the opposite of hope. Biblical hope is knowing that something is going to happen and waiting for it to happen. We tend to say “I hope” when we really mean “I wish.” So he may “hope” (wish) that there is something else after life, but that is still without hope in the biblical sense.
And again, he can hope for heaven all he wants to, but if he has never trusted in Jesus alone to save him, he still is without the hope of heaven.
I’m only going by his words - that’s all I have to go on.
Link | June 10th, 2006 at 8:22 pm
Ashly wrote,
Exactly; it’s all you have to go on. You’re making this entire statement based on a small portion of one episode of Craig Ferguson’s show. You’re jumping to conclusions without having all the facts.
Link | June 11th, 2006 at 11:56 am
Ashly, I’m sorry if it sounds like I have jumped to conclusions. I’m using HIS WORDS that he “isn’t sure” if there is anything else out there. Based on Scripture, that means he is lost. It’s not my place to judge, so I am not. My heart goes out to him, and I will continue to pray for him. I rather enjoy his show, but it broke my heart to hear someone actually admit what he did.
Link | June 11th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Lynn wrote,
Keer, I saw the link to your blog through Corrie’s blog, and that is how I found you some time back. I occasionally come over here and read.
I tend to agree with you. What you reported him saying tells me that he is agnostic. That means he doesn’t know what he believes about the afterlife, not to mention God and Jesus, etc.. I wouldn’t call an agnostic a believer. That is an oxymoron.
I don’t quite think I would say it way you did — that he *knows* he is lost, but as Christian, it certainly *appears* from what he said that he has no hope in the Resurrection of Christ or the hope (which I agree is not wishful thinking) of eternal life, and sins forgiven. Hence, it appears that he is lost, from the perspective of a Christian.
This is not being judgmental in the wrong sense, because we know apart from Christ we’re all in the same boat, nor are we condemning anybody. The Bible tells us not to judge, and it also tells us to judge, and you have to read the contexts of the different passages to understand how we are to not be judgmental, yet how we may still make proper judgments on things.
As far as I am concerned, what you reported is simply an occasion to pray for someone, which I am doing because I read your blog today.
Link | June 13th, 2006 at 9:18 am
Rebecca wrote,
It’s pretty clear that he is lost, that he even knows at the very least that he doesn’t know–which would be a very close second to saying it himself that he is lost. To further the boat image–you are either in the boat or you are not. You are either a believer who is in the boat being saved or you don’t really know what you believe and you aren’t in the boat and you don’t have saving faith. I would say he is not in the boat. Doesn’t really matter if I’m judgemental or not, he is either is or he isn’t (currently). God could work in his life and he could be in the boat, that is what we should pray.
Link | June 14th, 2006 at 1:21 pm