Chick Tracts

[arunma]

Anything having to do with the RCC, KJO, music, the old ones about role players, the ones about truck drivers ... in fact just about the majority of his are utter crud.

Yes, I would agree. The Catholic bashing is particularly inexcusable. Why would you have to lie about an organization that freely admits to believing in heretical doctrines?

 

[FundamentalistJohn]

Yes, I would agree. The Catholic bashing is particularly inexcusable. Why would you have to lie about an organization that freely admits to believing in heretical doctrines?

Respectfully Arunma I don't think he's lieing. Lieing would imply that he knows what he is diseminating is untrue. I honestly believe that he believes the things in his tracts. While that would make him Naive at best and more likely woefully ignorant or even possibly the victim of emotional issues it wouldn't make him a liar.


Nevertheless he still has several very good, doctrinally correct tracts. I know for a fact that they are read. I would guess more than any other tracts ever distributed. I have discussed Chick tracts with a very broad spectrum of people from homeless women with a 5th grade education up to and including Ph.D holding professors from distinguished Universities.

They can be useful tools.

FJ

 

[SpiritualAntiseptic]

Yes, I would agree. The Catholic bashing is particularly inexcusable. Why would you have to lie about an organization that freely admits to believing in heretical doctrines?

Heretical to whom?

 

[SpiritualAntiseptic]

I mean this question in all sincerity- but how can a Chick Tract bring someone closer to God and foster any kind of relationship?

I've read many of them and they image they make of God is that of an entity which creates arbitrary rules and anyone that doesn't follow them goes to hell. He seems to believe in an extremely scary and judgmental God - and presents that view to people. You need to recognize you are wrong because God will send you to hell otherwise.

I don't see anything in Chick tracts about God's love. I see no reason to call God father, or Jesus brother. The only compelling reason I can see to being a Christian is because you want to be saved, so you don't go to hell.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to believe in God the way Chick does. How is Chick helpful, how are his tracts "tools"?

 

[FreeinChrist]

Not that I'm upset but it wasn't six months ago that FundyJohn posted a link to the exact same tract that DeaconDean did above and the thread was closed within hours. What exactly has changed?

Changes in policy and rules. We can now link to Chick tracts, and as long as they are not flaming another group here.

 

[FreeinChrist]

I like C.S. Lewis's the Screwtape Letters and this tract reminded me a bit of that.

My mom and her friends are real 'prayer warriors' and pray for me everyday - it's nice!

 

[Albert_EEE]

nice...........

 

[Nadiine]

I think Religious tracts can put a person's mind onto the Lord
and He can use that to draw them to Himself.

I've seen them taped to payphone booths in very bad areas of
the city - lots of homeless & unfortunate folks on the streets.
I think those are best used in those areas rather than in, say,...
Beverly Hills.

Either way, they aren't all the same and God CAN use them to
reach someone in a desperate spiritual condition.
It's like anything religious/Christian - for the 1 person it helps, it
can turn off 1 or more against it.

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness;
but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

God will use good & bad to His glory. If a tract is bad in our view,
God can still use it to reach somebody
(Phil. 1:14-20 might be a reference you could use about at least
Christ being preached)

 

[Atlantians]

Heretical to whom?

Biblical Christianity.

 

[Ave Maria]

I personally like a number of Chick tracts. Some of them I would avoid but not all of them.

 

[No Swansong]

I mean this question in all sincerity- but how can a Chick Tract bring someone closer to God and foster any kind of relationship?

I've read many of them and they image they make of God is that of an entity which creates arbitrary rules and anyone that doesn't follow them goes to hell. He seems to believe in an extremely scary and judgmental God - and presents that view to people. You need to recognize you are wrong because God will send you to hell otherwise.

I don't see anything in Chick tracts about God's love. I see no reason to call God father, or Jesus brother. The only compelling reason I can see to being a Christian is because you want to be saved, so you don't go to hell.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to believe in God the way Chick does. How is Chick helpful, how are his tracts "tools"?

Actually every Chick tract I am familiar with makes very clear that hell as a destination is a result of our actions not Gods.

As for the most compelling reason for someone being a Christian being the desire to be saved. That is probably true of most Christians initially. There is a reason the Bible teaches much about discipleship and maturity in Christ. I first became a Christian when I became aware of my sin and thus my position before God. There is no question I first became a Christian in order to be saved. I have since grown as a Christian and realize the blessings that living a Christian life provides abundantly, but my first concern was selfish and self centered.

You write that you can't imagine anyone wanting to believe in God the way Chick does. I pretty much like the idea of a God who loved me so much that his Son paid the penalty(death) for my sin, thus providing for my reconciliation with Him. Seems like a pretty loving and compassionate God to me.

 

[WannaWitness]

Has anyone heard of Ray Comfort? His tract ministry, like Chick's, has a very straightforward, tell-it-like-it-is presentation, only his style is a bit different.

(Sorry, but I just had to throw that in!)

 

[Alive4Evermore]

I have two blogs, a group, and several threads designed to share the biblical evangelism method taught by The Way of the Master here on CF.

 

[CreedIsChrist]

Personally, some of the Chick tracts can be jaded.

But I can point you to at least one that makes a great witness tool.

In this one tract, no particular religion or denomination is attacked.

It presents a very good message and I use it quite regularly.

Link

Can anybody object to this message?

Has this message changed?

I think not.

God Bless

Till all are one.

I was not much a fan of Jack Chick(mostly because of his attack on other christians) but I do admit I really like that tract you posted. Very well done

 

[Kodos]

I've never seen the Chick Tracts that you folks have posted. Some are quite nice!

No, I'm familiar with the ones that claim those of us who play D&D and other medieval/fantasy role playing games are dabbling in the occult. There were so many factual errors in some of his tracts that Chick has done a great disservice to many.

I've never seen any of his Catholic bashing tracts either, but it just lowers my opinion of the man's work.

 

[Rhamiel]

I've never seen any of his Catholic bashing tracts either, but it just lowers my opinion of the man's work.

those were the first tracts of his I saw, just cause I am Catholic so I look into stuff about the Catholic Church

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

Has anyone heard of Ray Comfort? His tract ministry, like Chick's, has a very straightforward, tell-it-like-it-is presentation, only his style is a bit different.

(Sorry, but I just had to throw that in!)

I know Ray Comfort, but I didn't know he did tracts. I'll check into that, as I'd expect them to be solid, without the weird Chick tangents.

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

As others have said, I'd be willing to use Chick tracts, but I'd be very selective about it, since he has a tendency to go off on wacko tangents, like attacking Catholicism, roleplaying games, video games and rock music. Anything like that I wouldn't touch, but the ones where he stays on message can be pretty good.

 

[jlujan69]

Chick tracts are absolutely horrible. In many of them he either shows himself to be willfully completely ignorant or else an out and out liar. As someone who grew up as an atheist and came to faith later in life, many of his tracts were the source of much humor in my circles, they gave me more reason to hate Christians, and they drove me AWAY from the cross. Not because they told me about heaven or threatened me with hell, but because they told complete lies. Many of them addressed situations or groups I was in, and they were utterly false portrayals.

I didn't get saved until good Christian men and women incarnated themselves into my life and lived the true Christian life out in front of me for years, breaking my stereotypes of what Christians were.

I hate, hate, hate Chick tracts and think that in many cases they do far more harm than good.

I know what you mean.The tracts of his I typically buy have more or less a simple gospel message. Since I live on a predominatly Catholic island, I have to be very selective in which tracts of his that talk about Roman Catholicism I distribute. Several of them are conspiratorial in nature and are unproven historically. Therefore, I select the ones that discuss the differences between RC theology and the Bible and only those ones. Yes, for Chick tracts, discernment is necessary.

 

[jlujan69]

I have said it before and I'll say it again, some of the Chick Tracts are slanted.

But as you said, "This is your Life" has a very powerful message.

Whenever I take my wife out to a restaurant, I always leave the tip inside this tract.

They may pick it up and throw it away, but in order to get their tip they have to at least pick it up and look at it.

God Bless

Till all are one.

A lesson for all Christians leaving Bible tracts with your waiter,barber, or someone else who receives tips---actually TIP them. Don't just give them the tract. A guy from my former church goes to my wife's place of work frequently to eat and never tips but leaves tracts and flyers instead. The pastor of my current church says that he considers the message in tracts so valuable that one time he actually asked the waitress how much of a tip she required before she would read it. That should be our attitude. James says that sometimes a person needs actual practical help and not just a dry Bible passage.