Monday, April 13, 2009
Christian
I read a great quote this morning by Rob Bell, "Christian is a great noun and a poor adjective." Love it. To be a Christian is to be a follower of Jesus. To label something as "christian" such as music, art, literature or whatever runs the risk of putting us in awkward positions. For example, I don't listen to a lot of "christian" radio because, well, honestly, I don't like it. Some of it can be really cheesy or just bad. So now, I've got this "christian" title in front of it. Is it supposed to make it better? So, bad radio with the word christian in front of it makes it better? No, it doesn't. What it does then is give the impression that christian radio is bad. What about a "christian" business owner that is corrupt? Or the "christian" politician; OK, maybe that's an oxymoron, but you get my point. Stop trying to be christian and be a Christian.
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It is not easy to be a Christian. I am speaking on a personal level here.
The world is full of christian people.
I loved the post. Thank you.
Mom
I find this interesting. I have been mulling this for a few days because we were discussing the book of Acts in Sunday school. There is a verse (and forgive me because my Bible is not here) that paraphrases something like : Saul didn't like what Bar-Jesus was doing in Antioch so he put his finger on him and he went blind for a while. (I think it was Saul-forgive if it was wrong-it was chapters 10-11ish)
Now, if as a Christian I was granted power like that against my enemies, or even the ones I perceived as such, I am positive I would abuse it. Heh.
I am sure God knows exactly what he was doing back then and what he is doing now by NOT giving me these powers! My temper would get the best of me in traffic.
k.
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