Editor’s Note: This story is about David Robertson, pastor of St. Peter’s Free Church of Scotland. American readers will recognize him as a contributor to these pages as well as a frequent visitor/speaker at the Twin Lakes Fellowship conferences.
A Dundee minister has condemned a comedy show being staged by a committed atheist directly across the road from his church.
The Rev. David Robertson of St Peter’s Free Church said comedianRichard Herring‘s Christ on a Bike is “childish and juvenile” and he questioned whether it would attract a bigger audience than a Christian music concert at his church on the same evening.
Christ on a Bike is being presented at the Whitehall Theatre on Tuesday and is described as “combining childlike guile with rigorous academic research.” Christians have condemned it as blasphemous and vulgar, and have protested outside theatres in England where it has been performed.
One preacher who criticised it said the continual reference in the production to sexual matters made it clear that Richard Herring had not grown out of puberty.
Defending his show in a radio interview, the comedian said most of the Christians who have gone to see the show have enjoyed it.
“There are a couple of moments where you might squirm in your seat if you are a very strict Christian, but ultimately the show is about taking people on a journey,” he said.
St Peter’s Free Church is on the opposite side of Hawkhill from the Whitehall Theatre, and Mr Robertson said people from his church “would definitely not” be taking the short journey to protest outside the venue on Tuesday evening.
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