There are just certain things I can count on in the blogging world from the blogs I read regularly. I have ones I follow that will look for the negative in some particular source, then just bash away when they find it. Sometimes, it’s worth looking into.

Such is the case with Joel Watts, whose disgust with Fox News is well documented. He came through again on this story about Fox News ripping on Campus Crusade for changing their name.

Campus Crusade has indeed changed their name to Cru. That makes no sense as a name, but ministry names don’t need to make sense. Come on! Not even BUSINESS names need to make sense. (GOOGLE? Really?)

But the slant on the article is about Cru removing “Christ” from its name. The issue Cru brought up was removing CRUSADE from their name. The CRUSADE part of the name is simply outdated and a hindrance. It’s surprising it took them so long, quite frankly.

The uproar from certain segments is ridiculous. Taking “Christ” out of the name just MUST mean they are abandoning the gospel! Oh, HORRORS!

Some statements:

It is sad that an organization like Campus Crusade at least appears to have allowed themselves to be taken by the politically correct environment instead of acting counter culturally as Christ’s followers are called to do
“It may be that CCCI has good intentions behind the change, but on its face, this decision to drop ‘Christ’ seems like an attempt to hide or mask the core identity of the group.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/21/campus-ministry-drops-christ-from-name/#ixzz1Sm1HRj3l

Folks, settle down. Going through the narrow gate doesn’t mean BEING narrow!