Lately, I’ve been thinking about an old Rob Bell video called “Bullhorn.” Maybe you remember it. For about 12 minutes, Rob berates a man with a bullhorn he saw standing outside an entertainment venue. Mr. Bell says the guy is yelling things like, sin, and hell, and death. And then to Rob Bells horror, the guy has the audacity to say, “Jesus.” 

As Mr. Bell leans in closer to the camera, he says he wants to talk to the man. To tell the “Bullhorn Guy” that nobody is listening. And that his message isn’t working. And that he, Rob Bell, doesn’t understand what all the condemning and the converting, (that’s right, he says “converting”) has to do with Jesus. 

Which then leads me to think about our country. About the overall decay of our once great Christian nation. Especially about the dramatic decline we’ve seen over the last 12-15 years since Rob Bell made that video. And that leads me to want to ask Rob Bell a question. So here I go, Mr. Bell, where’s the fruit of the passive gospel message you and your peers have been preaching?

Because, I don’t think your message is working. You see, our kids are really hurting. All the depression, drug addiction, and pornography are destroying them. At an earlier and earlier age, more and more predators are pounding on their tender hearts. And the amount of evil they face daily is inescapable. 

Which leads me back to the bible and the God I find there. How all the way back to Genesis, when a nation went down a path like ours, God kind of sent a bullhorn guy. And they had names like Jonah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and John. And for the most part, those men stood alone on a street corner shouting the same message as Rob Bell’s, “bullhorn guy.” Repent, for judgement draws near.

And in all those stories, shortly following the bullhorn guys message, many a nation fell. Only a few repented and drew near to God. But when they did, God kept His promise and He healed their land. 

My heart longs for sermons about the table turning Jesus. The Jesus who will not tolerate abuse. And I long to fight against this evil like the early Christians who brought down the Roman Empire. Which then makes me wonder if maybe more of us need to pick up a bullhorn and love folks enough to tell them to repent, for judgement draws near. 

I don’t know about you, but I’m so tired of watching young people get destroyed by evil men and women seeking their own sinful desires. Especially when Jesus really is the only answer. 

So, pass me the bullhorn because the message hasn’t changed in thousands of years. There is a hell, and God has a lot of wrath, and judgement is coming. So repent and turn from your wicked ways. Then follow Jesus, so GOD can heal our land.