Lecrae Says Urban Christianity is a ‘Hotbed’ for Racism and Homophobia,’ But Real Christianity Isn’t Like That
Following deconstructed rapper Lecrae’s recent controversies suggesting Jesus would have been considered ‘ratchet’ in his time and then being forced to discontinue his I can quote Cardi B and Corinthians‘ line of t-shirts, we wanted to highlight something he said in a now-deleted video. Here, he claims big city Christianity is a hotbed for racism, homophobia, and anti-intellectualism and then reveals he wants to distance himself from that, because that’s not what real Christianity is.
The shirt was not about promoting debauchery or wordliness. That wasn’t the intention. Now, I can own the fact that I should have put more thought into that before we dropped it. I didn’t even consider some of these realities. Context is king and Christianity in major cities and places that I dwell is a hotbed for racism, political ideology, homophobia, anti-intellectualism. And I always wanna push back on people when they think that, because we’re not. That’s not what Christianity is, but a lot of people think that’s what it is.
Christianity in major cities is not a hotbed for any of those things, but Lecrae’s beliefs about them certainly land him in hot water, particularly with his views on homosexuality and what constitutes ‘homophobia’ being incredibly suspect. It wasn’t two years ago that pointed questions about the bible’s view of LGBTQ saw him hemming and hawing worse than Joel Osteen repeatedly saying “I don’t know” to CNN’s Larry King’s questions about the exclusivity of Chris. Lecrae has previously said he’d attend a gay wedding if asked, so would refusing to attend one be one of those homophobic things he doesn’t want Christianity associated with?
Lecrae concludes with a novel belief that the ‘rock’ Christ will build his church on is not the confession of Peter that “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” but instead on the city itself.
So I’m always trying to help them understand, “no, we are where you are.” You are welcome to come talk to Jesus, whatever space and place in life is. When Jesus is at Caesarea Philippi. He said upon this rock I will build my church upon my church. Scholars have come to understand he’s not talking about Peter. He’s talking about Caesarea Philippi itself, which was a very worldly pagan ritual-esque place. Lots of orgies happening there. And Jesus saying, “no, upon this rock. This is where my church is gonna be established. Like where y’all think is dark is where I’m gonna be.”
And contextually he says, ‘and the gates of hell will not be able to withstand.’ Like gates keep people out. He’s saying the gates can’t keep us out of doing the work of my father. And that’s kind of the perspective that I have is that, man, Christianity is not dead. We’re still here. We’re alive, we’re thriving. The sub-Sahara, China, like growing every day. Communities of color in America, growing every day. So I’m always wanting people to know (?) where you are. And in my attempts to do that, I can come off as seeker-sensitive and I can admit that. But my intention is always to reach, man.
Bonus: We’ve spoken at length about how by every measurable standard, the deconstruction Lecrae is so grateful to have undergone is not healthy, but rather is the picture of unhealth leading to death. Let’s look at his life over the last two years.
- He regularly watches pornographic TV shows that are filled with graphic sex and nudity.
- He has stopped going to church.
- He rebuked a street preacher for preaching the gospel at a rap concert.
- He has claimed hanging out on a bus ‘chopping it up’ is ‘church’ and that a recent album release party where people hang out, eat food, and get free tattoos is ‘church.’
- He sputtered, “You know…well…um…er….ah….I don’t know,” when asked about the sin of homosexuality in an interview.
- He says he “doesn’t endorse” abortion but HATES classism, took more time out of his day to dismiss the need for a local church body, and said after Joe Biden won the election and was inaugurated that it “feels good to be on the right side of history” with the party that is “pro-life from womb to tomb”.
h/t The Dissenter for the vid.
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Lacrae has that James White ‘Tattoo Sleeve’ thing going on. I see that on many professing Christians today.
I have many tattoos as well. But I was inked before I was saved. Afterwards, I thought that wouldn’t be the Christian thing to do anymore. But I read somewhere that James White equated that to keeping the mosaic law so, I guess I’m a Tattooed Pharisee😕
Titus 2:11-13
“Christ” is misspelled in the sentence “It wasn’t two years ago that pointed questions about the bible’s view of LGBTQ saw him hemming and hawing worse than Joel Osteen repeatedly saying “I don’t know” to CNN’s Larry King’s questions about the exclusivity of Chris.”
Black urban inner cities are indeed rife with all those things. The staff writer is referring to ‘major cities’ as a whole – that is not the same.
I am certainly no fan of LaCrae, but his statement is factual.
Well, I have doubts about the exclusivity of Chris too 🤷🏻♂️