(OPINION) Tim Keller, the founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, praised “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert’s answer on faith and comedy.
Colbert was interviewing singer Dua Lipa Friday when she asked him which wins in the end: comedy or faith. “I think ultimately, us all being mortal, faith will win out in the end,” he said, adding, “but I certainly hope when I get to heaven, Jesus has a sense of humor.”
He described himself as a Christian and a Catholic. “That’s always connected to the idea of love and sacrifice being somehow related and giving yourself to other people, and that death is not defeat,” Colbert said. Sharing the two-minute-plus video from The Late Show, Keller commended Colbert.
According to the Christian Post, Keller has responded to criticism after praising “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, claiming critics need to better understand the teaching of Colossians 4:5-6 about being “wise in the way you act toward outsiders.”
In Friday’s episode of the CBS late-night talk show, singer and model Dua Lipa asked Colbert about the role faith plays in his life and how his faith and comedy overlap. “Ultimately, [I hope] with us all being mortal, the faith will win out at the end. I certainly hope when I get to Heaven, Jesus has a sense of humor,” he joked.
“I’m a Christian and a Catholic, and I always connected to the idea of love and sacrifice being somehow related — giving yourself to other people. And death is not defeat.” Colbert quoted Robert Hayden, who said: “We must not be frightened or cajoled into accepting evil as our deliverance from evil.
We must keep struggling to maintain our humanity though monsters of abstraction threaten and police us.” “So if there is some relationship between my faith and my comedy, it’s that no matter what happens, you are never defeated,” he concluded. “You must understand and see this in the light of eternity and find some way to love and laugh with each other.”
