I have never seen an episode of John and Kate Plus 8, and would not recognize the couple if they walked into my house (well, at least not before I googled their name to get the picture in this post!).But I found this article from Christianity Today quite interesting. Essentially, it's about the naivete of the Evangelical Church which played a large part in their rise to fame. Here's a quote:
It was not until the recent allegations of sexual impropriety arose that a significant number of Christians began to question whether Jon and Kate were indeed the examples of faithful living that we had imagined. Somehow most of us missed the long trajectory that was, day by day, moving them farther from a life of Christian virtue. Sexual immorality—whether actual or merely suspected—caught our attention, but the materialism, narcissism, and exploitation of children that preceded it was largely overlooked.
The breakdown of Jon and Kate's marriage is but a symptom of the larger weaknesses of ethics in the evangelical community. We are easily seduced by wealth and fame. We are easily contented by the shallow rhetoric of hot-button issues. In short, we are easily deceived by cultural values painted in Christian veneers (or clothed in Isaiah 40:31 T-shirts).
Read the whole thing here.
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