{"id":38742,"date":"2024-07-26T10:08:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=38742"},"modified":"2024-07-26T10:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:08:21","slug":"russell-brand-believes-hes-held-alive-by-serving-christ-im-in-the-business-of-serving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/07\/russell-brand-believes-hes-held-alive-by-serving-christ-im-in-the-business-of-serving.html","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand Believes He’s ‘Held Alive By’ Serving Christ: ‘I’m in the Business of Serving’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian Russell Brand has again spoken out about the impact of his new faith in Christ during a recent\u00a0conversation with Neil Oliver<\/a>\u00a0posted to X, saying he is in the \u201cbusiness of serving Jesus Christ.\u201d He said, \u201cIn surrendering to Christ, there is something extraordinary about saying there is this man, another man, entirely God, entirely man. But through some necessary, extraordinary, metaphysical act just beyond the edge of rational understanding, the Creator of this simulation came into the simulation and told us, \u2018Hello, I am God. I\u2019ve come here. Here are some virtues and values.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Brand shared a message that Christian author C.S. Lewis once spoke. He said, \u201cC.S. Lewis talks about the \u2018stoics era\u2019\u2026 to imagine that one might be able to do always what one can do sometimes. You know, there are times when it\u2019s like, \u2018I am not in the business of Russell Brand anymore. I am in the business of service. Serve Jesus Christ. And it\u2019s such a powerful idea that I\u2019m held alive by it. But surely, this parasite nature grips me again, and I return to egotism. I return to wanting and longing and fear. And all of those limiting things.\u201d Brand recently developed a relationship with Jesus Christ and was\u00a0baptized into the faith\u00a0in April.<\/p>\n

He said in a TikTok video posted in May, “I’ve been a Christian a month now, and it’s been a big change. Not that I’ve entirely changed as a person. Of course, I haven’t, but I’ve taken on a lot of new concepts, and it changes you to accept that it’s not like you’re in a game show, and by doing really, really good things, you can get redeemed.” In recent years, the actor has also come under heavy public scrutiny and faces several allegations of sexual misconduct stemming from when he was a younger actor.\u00a0A\u00a0joint investigation<\/a>\u00a0by The Times of London<\/em> and Channel 4 released last September features four women who alleged Brand sexually assaulted them between 2006 and 2013 during the height of his film career.\u00a0The Sunday Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reports that Brand was alleged to have assaulted a girl who was 16 years old at the time. Another woman told the outlet that Brand sexually assaulted her at his Los Angeles home in 2012.<\/p>\n

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In surrendering to Christ…<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n