Bono and the Gospel

RE: U2 and Bono

I appreciate your program and ministry.  I recently viewed the Prophecy In The News program 06/25 Bono and the Gospel with Gary Stearman.

In this program the interview with Bono by Focus on the Family was referenced.  (http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2013/june/bono-interview-with-focus-on-family-jim-daly.html)

I definitely agree that it was a good quote from Bono concerning his belief that Jesus was the Son of God and it would be good for that to be spread around.

I urge you to research U2 and Bono's background.  There is a very good documentary by Joe Schimmel (http://www.goodfight.org/store/resources_video_tsc.html) called the Submerging Church and a bonus DVD called "THE EMERGENT CHURCH AND THE BONO-SCREWTAPE CONNECTION".

It includes actual footage of interviews and concerts that make it clear that Bono is a deliberate wolf in sheep's clothing.

While Bono does well to make this profession, even the devils profess this (Luke 4:41).

Thank you, and keep up the good work in spreading the truth.


BACKGROUND INFO

 Bono may seem to have the right words to say, but it seems Jim Daly hasn't
asked the right questions. "Bono's anti-poverty foundation ONE is under pressure
to explain its finances after it was revealed that only a small percentage of money
it raises reaches the needy. The non-profit organisation set up by the U2 frontman
received almost £9.6million in donations in 2008 but handed out only £118,000 to
good causes (1.2 per cent). The figures published by the New York Post also show
that £5.1million went towards paying salaries" (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314543/Bonos-ONE-foundation-giving-tiny-percentage-funds-charity.html#ixzz2XExWAEyC).

Or, consider the following excerpts from "The Rock Group U2," by David Cloud, http://www.wayoflife.org:
"In an interview with Joseph Schimmel, Chris Row of Shalom Fellowship, Bono's former
pastor in Ireland, said that Bono, Evans, and Mullen chose rock & roll over the 
Bible. He said that when Bono flew him to Los Angeles to perform his marriage, he
wasn't allowed to go backstage at a U2 concert because they didn't want him to see
the things that went on there (Schimmel, The Submerging Church, 2012, DVD).

"Of sexual activity, Bono says: "You know, if you tell people that the best place
to have [expletive deleted] is in the safe hands of a loving relationship, you may
be telling a lie! There may be other places' (Flanagan, U2 at the End of the World,
p. 83).

"Bill Flanagan, a U2 friend who has traveled extensively with the group, in his 
authorized biography describes them as heavy drinkers and constant visitors to bars,
brothels, and nightclubs. He says, 'If I wanted to I could fill up hundreds of pages
with this sort of three-sheets-to-the-wind [drunken], navel-gazing dialogue between
U2 and me' (Flanagan, U2 at the End of the World, p. 145). Bono admits that he lives
'a fairly decadent kind of selfish-art-oriented lifestyle' (Flanagan, p. 79).

"In 2006 Bono said: 'I recently read in one of St. Paul's letters where it describes
all of the fruits of the spirit, and I had none of them' ("Enough Rope with Andrew
Denton," March 13, 2006).

"In October 2008, Fox News reported that Bono and rocker friend Simon Carmody partied
with teenage girls on a yacht in St. Tropez. The report, which was accompanied by
a photo of Bono holding two bikini-clad teenagers on his lap at a bar, said, 'Bono,
Carmody and the girls partied into the night on the yacht' ("Facebook Pictures Show
Married U2 Singer Bono's Rendezvous with Sexy Teens," Fox News, Oct. 27, 2008).]