Jon Trott on Jesus Camp

I plan to work up a post on Jesus Camp as soon as the movie finds its way here to Morgantown. In the interim, for anyone interested, I suggest you check out Jon Trott's commentary.

I consider Mr. Trot to be one of the few evangelicals visible in the public sphere who is still worthy of my trust. Jon was part of a team of journalists from JPUSA (Jesus People USA) a common-purse christian community who published Cornerstone Magazine. In 1992, Trott and Mike Hertenstein wrote a long expose piece on Christian commedian Mike Warnke. This material was eventually compiled into a book. I grew up listening to Mike Warnke's testimony and accepting hook, line, and sinker. Trott and Hertenstein called shenanigans on Warnke's largely mythical back-story and called him to accountability.

The Cornerstone expose was published at a time when my cynicism about evangelical Christianity was at an all time high. It was a relief to me to find self-proclaimed Christians who took their faith seriously, while refusing to check their intellect at the church door.

Anyway, I found Trott's blog while doing some google-stalking of Mike Warnke. Mr. Warnke is back... he did a show here in Morgantown a few weeks ago (at a church with about 20 people present... a far cry from the arenas of thousands he used to perform in front of).