Jack Chick's tracts have positive and negative characteristics. Here are my observations.
Positive traits:
He warns people about the reality of hell, and the fact that people who practice false religions (including atheism) are going there
He opposes the <staff edit> Catholic Church
He believes in the authority of Scripture
He asks people to recognize their sin and confess Jesus Christ as Lord -- probably the most important point
Negative traits:
He believes in the <staff edit> King James Only doctrine
He makes false claims about the Catholic Church <staff edit>
He does not treat the matters of sin and judgment with the weight that they deserve; as has already been stated, some of the comics are almost...well, comical
So I observe that there are good things about Chick tracts. Then again, the best lies are mostly true. My best judgment is that Jack Chick is a right spirited but ultmately misguided believer who hasn't exercised good judgment when making his materials. I can't think of any cases where I could use a Chick tract in good conscience.
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While I don't agree with all of Chick's views (the method he uses to witness to Catholics and KJV only views especially) I do appreciate most of his tracts. Our family hands them out at Halloween. He does great artwork, has intesting stories and typically is right on bibically.
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Originally Posted by arunma
Jack Chick's tracts have positive and negative characteristics. Here are my observations.
Positive traits:
He warns people about the reality of hell, and the fact that people who practice false religions (including atheism) are going there
He opposes the <staff edit> Catholic Church
He believes in the authority of Scripture
He asks people to recognize their sin and confess Jesus Christ as Lord -- probably the most important point
Negative traits:
He believes in the <staff edit> King James Only doctrine
He makes false claims about the Catholic Church <staff edit>
He does not treat the matters of sin and judgment with the weight that they deserve; as has already been stated, some of the comics are almost...well, comical
So I observe that there are good things about Chick tracts. Then again, the best lies are mostly true. My best judgment is that Jack Chick is a right spirited but ultmately misguided believer who hasn't exercised good judgment when making his materials. I can't think of any cases where I could use a Chick tract in good conscience.
Ditto
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I've read some of them and I wonder where he got all those conspiracy theories from, there's a lot of false information there not based on fact. I'm saying this as someone who looked into the information and did some research.
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Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:18)
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I've read some of them and I wonder where he got all those conspiracy theories from, there's a lot of false information there not based on fact. I'm saying this as someone who looked into the information and did some research.
Yes I agree. If I recall correctly, I think Jack Chick charges the Catholic Church with participating in the holocaust. I would be remiss if I did not humbly express my agreement with him that the Catholic Church (of which I understand you count yourself a member) is apostate from Christ. But no Christian ought to support the propagation of truth by means of false information.
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Yes I agree. If I recall correctly, I think Jack Chick charges the Catholic Church with participating in the holocaust.
yes. and many other things too.
I would be remiss if I did not humbly express my agreement with him that the Catholic Church (of which I understand you count yourself a member) is apostate from Christ. But no Christian ought to support the propagation of truth by means of false information.
I agree that no Christian ought to use false information for any purpose.
Of course as might be expected I disagree that the Catholic Church is apostate, I am a convert from evangelical Protestantism and I believe God lead me here.
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"My Mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of My goodness? For you I descended from Heaven to earth; for you I allowed Myself to be nailed to the Cross, for you I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of Mercy for you. Come then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My Mercy" (Jesus to St Faustina)
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:18)
"For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever." St Therese
"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Jesus)
As a kid I enjoyed them. Not a popular view. But still I liked them. They were part of the reason why I came to Christ. The comic, Somebody Loves Me, had a significant impact.
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As a kid I enjoyed them. Not a popular view. But still I liked them. They were part of the reason why I came to Christ. The comic, Somebody Loves Me, had a significant impact.
Great to hear it. As I said before, Chick tracts aren't without a large element of truth. I myself came to faith in Christ because a woman who believes in the prosperity Gospel gave me a Bible. Now I recognize that the prosperity Gospel is blasphemous and utterly abhorrent. But it doesn't change the fact that God sometimes uses strange means to bring us to faith in his Son.
__________________ Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. (John 3:18)
"My Mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of My goodness? For you I descended from Heaven to earth; for you I allowed Myself to be nailed to the Cross, for you I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of Mercy for you. Come then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My Mercy" (Jesus to St Faustina)
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:18)
"For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever." St Therese
"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Jesus)
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