to love at all is to be vulnerable.
I love God and I love the idea of the Church. But right now, I’m not to fond of her.
I don’t want to say I hate Christians, because that’s not true. I’m a fan of church, youth group, college age, Sunday morning service, and the various ministries I find myself involved in. But I don’t like the facade the Church is putting on.
Remember when only the Pharisees hated Christians?
Even in the Roman Empire (around Nero’s time) Christians were hated not because THEY hated, but because they were RADICAL.
And now… what has she, the Church, become?
The top six traits Christians are known for are these:1. Hypocritical
2. Too focused on getting people “saved”
3. Antihomosexual
4. Sheltered
5. Too political
6. Judgmental
[according to Barna research]
How sickening is that? Number 3 kills me everytime. Never in the Bible does it say to HATE people. Remember that little slogan that Jerry B. Jenkins uses through his books… “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin.” Period.
Why do people take that so much farther?
I don’t want to argue other points just yet, and really I should have kept my mouth shut about the antihomosexual thing as of now.
Right now I call you, yes you little Christian, to examine yourself. How do you act? Are you loving? joyful? peaceful? patient? kind? good? gentle? faithful? self-controlled?
Those are traits we SHOULD possess, according to Galations. Not these hateful anti-gay, anti-democrat, anti-cultured people.
So consider these facts, and I’ll get back to you ;-)
October 23, 2007