Submitted by: Dog Bounty Hunter Fan
Is Dog the Bounty hunter a T.V Christian or does he really live by a walk in faith with Jesus Christ outside of the popular A&E Television show, Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Dog’s answer to this question doesn’t really have any effect on how I view the show. I am friends with a few folks in the Colorado Bail Bonds industry who claim to know Dog and ask the question…
“You know why his name is DOG right? Because it’s GOD spelled backwards…”
As a Dog the Bounty Hunter fan I hope he or someone from A&E can answer me this… I am pretty sure that anyone who walks in faith does not curse and belittle people in the way that Dog does then come back with how they need to turn their life around and walk with Christ. Doesn’t this seem a little bit hypocritical? Maybe not…
So, it wasn’t a complete surprise to find out that Dog believes in God. The Wittenburg Door has a great interview with him up on their site right now. Here’s a notable quotation:
When Jesus died on the cross he was crucified with two thieves, and one, of course, said, if you’re God get down off of here, and the other one said, please help me out, brother. Jesus said nothing to the one, I don’t think, but he said to the other, “Tonight you’ll be sitting down with me and my Dad in heaven.” So, my people are those people on the cross with Jesus, the thieves. That’s who I’m responsible for. So, each time I go out and capture a thief or a criminal I have to tell them, you know, I don’t try to pound Jesus down their throat but I have to tell them I was once a thief, and that I saw the light, and there is a light for them. That’s like my congregation, you know what I mean? My ministry is to the thief. I used to be ashamed of that, and then I read the part where it said, “The first shall be last, and the last shall be first.” My guy could be in the front line so you’ve got to really be good.
Thanks to the DogBountyHunter.net user who submitted this article! We have made contact with the proper contacts in hopes for an answer. In the meantime – feel free to post your comments here!
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Hello - I am Shakes, the website admin - welcome!
This is my opinion on the subject. Whos to say what a “christian” is? I love the fact that other “christian” people are judging how christian he is? It drives me crazy… the bible says do not judge.. so if your going to question his religion, maybe you should question yours! At the end of the day, he has to answer for his actions, beliefs, and life.. NOT YOU!
You go sista!
To Wendy,
The verse ‘judge not lest you be judged’, actually in Greek is translated do not ‘condemn’ unless you wish to be ‘condemned’ in return. It means we can not condemn the person or should not 100% decide if they are Christian or not. But we are allowed to judge a person’s action’s and if the action’s are Christian or not, because the bible tells us to confront another Christian, in a loving way, about their sin face to face.
Food for thought, Jesus and the Apostle Paul (who wrote 3/4 of the New Testament) both called people false believers. Jesus called the religious leaders of His Jewish faith hypocrites, lairs and false believers. Paul called many who claimed to be Christian believers false believers who were not really believers at all.
But, Paul also said to not judge the faith of someone who appears to be sincere and really trying even if they don’t act very Christian.
So, we need to walk in love and use wise Godly judgment, that God gives us the ability to use, and not be to quick to condemn or excuse bad behavior. And be especially sure we don’t judge that a person isn’t Christian just because they haven’t stopped smoking or haven’t matured enough to learn to purge their tongue of foul taking, yet.
To Christslave,
I agree with 90% of what you posted. HOWEVER, no one is judging him in a loving godly way. They are calling him out on things that maybe their religion does not agree with. No one is perfect and no one is calling him out face to face.. they are doing it online…. via youtube, myspace, facebook, twitter and everyother social network they are able to sign up for.
My theory is that religion is a very personal relationship that should not be exploted by anyone…ever. I’m not going to sit here and judge you or anyone else for that matter because again, who am i to judge you? I do not know your life story, i am not a member of your life, and how fair is it to take snipets of someones life and judge them on that?
I thank you for taking the time to respond and i respect your opinion.
Have a great night and i hope to talk to you again soon.
~Wendy
Christslave – welcome!
Although I think your question is an honest one, where you don’t seem to be judging (imo), I don’t think we have the right to say , “is he a christian or not” based on what we see or hear. I used to be very critical of what I called “so-called” christians who didn’t live to the standard that i thought they should. I finally relized (thank you Holy Spirit) that it is not up to me to say what is in someone’s heart…which, according to II Samuel, is all God looks at.
I admitt, I too had an issue with the language used by the bounty hunters…and though I’m not agreeing that they should talk that way, I actually consider it this way…they are working in an environment where you can’t politely ask someone to come out…or please put your hands up. They have to attack first and question later…catch people off guard so the people don’t have time to think about reacting. They have to speak the language that these people will understand. Then, when the situation is calm, they show a godly love to people that they would probably never experience otherwise. How many of these people have we seen say Thank You! When they’re being walked into jail, handcuffed…they turn and say thank you! Why? because someone cared!
There are some that they will not reach, some that won’t be helped…but countless ARE helped and changed. I rarely watch without shedding tears and thanking God that someone is out there reaching out with practical love and help. Am I? Not nearly as much as I should!
I believe He is a Christian, though as I said, my opinion doesn’t matter. But it’s not what we “do” or how we “act” that makes us a Christian…it’s in “Who” we believe. All you have to do is believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that He came to save us…and it seems very clear to me that Dog believes.