I have become a huge fan of Sean Hannity. I’m sure you’ve heard of him. He’s a conservative talk show host and co-host of Hannity and Combs on the Fox News Channel. He notorious for calling a spade a spade. He’s also committed to conservative values. He isn’t afraid to step on toes. Hannity’s radio show is obviously right leaning, but the man goes out of his way to be fair. His commitment to ‘truth’ is inspiring. His desire to get the truth out about political candidates, political issues and every day life makes me realize that perhaps he has replaced Christian radio in effectively educating the Christian public about who people should vote for in the upcoming election.
For those of you who know me, I’m an advocate of Christian radio providing comprehensive news coverage. Like the Sean Hannity Radio Show and Fox News, I believe Christian radio should be helping their listeners understand news from Christian perspective. Like Hannity, Christian radio broadcasts need to stand by their convictions and have a desire to educate their listeners about important issues like the presidential election, legislation that affects religious freedom, and every day current events.
Why? How can Christians be relevant if they don’t understand the issues of the day? How can Christian know who to vote for if someone is not telling them about each candidate? How can believers get active in their community, if they don’t know where to make a difference.
Comprehensive news from a Christian perspective is important. While Hannity professes to be a Christian and has demonstrated his faith in a number of ways both on the air and in his every day life, his focus is more on conservatism — not Christianity. However, his beliefs are evident as he converses with his guests and this listeners.
My question is, why aren’t more Christian radio stations being more proactive in helping their listeners understand the issues facing them?
Many music radio broadcasters believe Christians listening to their radio stations want to hear music. They contend, “If they want news, they can tune in to the local news-talk station to get their news.” Why would you want them getting their news and information from a non-Christian — someone’s who’s worldview isn’t shared by us?
Perhaps Christian radio should take some cues from Sean Hannity. Perhaps in the morning or afternoon drive shows they should begin talking about these important political issues — rather than only focusing on information and other drivel that really doesn’t mean anything in the end. Does that mean I think all breaks should focus on politics — no! I love to laugh. I love fun as much as the next guy. But, why wouldn’t we want to help our listeners understand important issues that could make a difference in the lives of our families?
God is sovereign. I believe that totally. But, I also know He choses to use us to accomplish His sovereign will — that’s clear in His Word. Perhaps an element of programing you have on your station will be what God uses to help accomplish His purpose.
August 14, 2008 at 4:04 pm |
I wish Christian radio wasn’t so political. I mean the issues of concern like abortion and that sort of thing does play a role in Christian media, but some programs like the ACLJ are problematic for me, because they do point out some of the issues that Christians face in their daily lives by taking God out of the schools or censorship of students wearing Christian tee shirts. I think the program makes some great points, but I also find some negativity towards many of the people in society they find fault with like pro-choice politicians, or disdain of the public schools. The Jesus I know is a loving saviour not a judgemental one. It says “judge not lest yea be judged”.
I like Christian teachers who share the gospel and stick to strengthening me, and we need to pray for people we find to be unjust. Politicians tend to not tell truths, and that is why when I go to my church I try to focus on my relationship with Christ, and block the outside world out.
August 14, 2008 at 8:20 pm |
I have to say that Sean Hannity is very affective and influential. When you do all the talking and don’t let anyone else talk of course people will believe you. I do wish a pundit of a more progressive persuasion could be as dynamic. Our candidates would win many more elections.
August 14, 2008 at 9:12 pm |
Sean Hannity invites both sides of the issue to talk about issues. The interesting thing is Hannity WON’T let politicians ‘blow smoke.’ He’ll call them on issues. He’s always saying, “I’ll give you the last word.” So, don’t tell me Hannity doesn’t let people talk — he does. That’s not to say he doesn’t cut people off. He does that because he has hard breaks (local station cut-aways and commercials) he has to honor. Sometimes he has no choice. However, he’s very fair — but again, he’s a conservative and will do everything he can to push the cause of conservatism.
February 22, 2009 at 4:20 pm |
I think you are confusing “Christian” with “onservative” They are not one and the same. Sean Hannity may be a Catholic, but certainly doesn’t conduct himself in a loving christlike manner. Fox? I think you need to do a bit more research…
February 22, 2009 at 4:32 pm |
No, I’m not confusing Christian with conservative at ALL. What I think you failed to understand is that I think Christian radio has it confused. I believe Christian radio has given IN to secular stations talking about issues that CHRISTIANS need to be talking about. I believe since Christian radio doesn’t see the need to employ full time news people to provide comprehensive news coverage of issues from a Christian World Views, Sean Hannity has seemingly replaced the Christian radio station’s influence. I don’t have it confused and I don’t need more research. Perhaps you should call around to your local Christian radio stations and find out how many of them have full-time news departments. You will soon find out they care more about playing entertaining Christian music, than helping Christians be relevant in a dark world.
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