The writer of Hebrews says that God will bring to account all sins at judgment day, but those who eagerly await Jesus will receive salvation (Hebrews 9:27–28). So how can anyone have hope? Jesus’ blood But God will also judge heterosexual sins. In fact, he gladly pins those things on himself. It is natural to feel repulsed by blatant sin and the dark worldliness in Lil Nas X’s music video, words, and actions. He writes, “When she talked about Christ, I pictured a man too busy turning over tables to stoop and befriend the marginalized.” The only message some LGBTQ people might hear from Christians like this was their revulsion to them. He writes about his conversation with a Christian woman who didn’t know he was gay and who denounced the “gay agenda” with revulsion and disgust. He pours out feelings of self-loathing and the strenuous plight of desperately trying to “be straight.” With vulnerability, he relates his struggle as a child and teen through his adult years. Gregory Coles writes about his experiences coming out as a gay (attracted to the same sex) Christian who has been called to singleness, believing that homosexual acts and gay marriage are against God’s plan. Unfortunately, this is not the first time the church has burdened someone so that their sexual attractions made them feel angry, ashamed, and ostracized.
Given that the Christian community often justifiably brings these issues up in response to controversies like this one, and often with unjustified vitriol, perhaps a more pressing topic relates to the power of Jesus’ blood. In light of this controversy, we could rightly point to issues regarding the theology of hell, what the Bible says about Satan, or that the Bible condemns sexual immorality. so i hope u are mad, stay mad, feel the same anger you teach us to have towards ourselves.” The plight of the alienated He wrote on Twitter: “I spent my entire teenage years hating myself because of the y’all preached would happen to me because i was gay. Lil Nas X is a massive cultural influencer and became an influential voice for the LGBTQ community after coming out as gay two years ago.
The shoe release was meant to artistically comment on the “perniciousness of intolerance,” not to make money. However, the shoe sales may not have mattered to them. Nike has since settled the lawsuit, and MSCHF said they would refund any shoes purchased and returned to them.
Nike sued MSCHF, claiming that the “unauthorized ‘Satan Shoes’ are likely to cause confusion and dilution and create an erroneous association between MSCHF’s products and Nike.” Nike’s refusal to endorse the shoes shows that the culture may not be fully ready to accept such blatant satanic themes. They were priced at $1,018, a reference to Luke 10:18. They purportedly contain a drop of human blood, given by some of the employees at MSCHF. 666 Satanic sneakersĪs for the sneakers, he partnered with Brooklyn art collective “MSCHF” to create 666 customized Nike Air Max 97s. On March 26, 2021, Lil Nas X exploded into popular view again with a controversial music video for his song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and an accompanying line of “Satanic Shoes.” I’ve not linked to the music video because, in addition to containing satanic imagery, it portrays graphic sexual acts celebrating his queerness.Īt the time of writing, the video had amassed more than one hundred million views, and that number is sure to keep rising. Time named him one of the top 25 most influential people on the internet in 2019. Lil Nas X has since been lauded by the culture as breaking into the hip hop and country music scene as a Black queer man. Montero Hill, known by his rap name Lil Nas X, won two Grammy Awards in 2020 for his immensely popular song “Old Town Road.” It went viral with the help of TikTok and Lil Nas’ expert navigation of internet culture and Twitter memes.