http://aliendrums.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/god-comes-to-arkansas/ Listening for Truth in an Amazing World Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://aliendrums.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/god-comes-to-arkansas/#comment-1198 Al Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:56:53 +0000 http://aliendrums.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-1198 I know this post is more than 15 months old, but you are saying things that I am fairly recently beginning to see more clearly. "I think conservative, so-called Bible-believing Christianity has gotten it all wrong, which means I have gotten it wrong for so long, way too long. I simply think real faith in Christ should produce more people who are really like Christ. It’s time to really get serious about loving God and loving people." It really should be that simple. Following Christ should mean that--<i><b>following His example.</i><b> "And doing that, I suspect, is going to mean that I’m going to have to get more serious about putting Christ at the center of my faith and interpret all of the other parts of Scripture, including Paul, by what Christ said and did." I never realized until recently how much cons. evang. follow Paul instead of Jesus. Not much preaching from the Gospels. Loads from Paul. I guess Jesus doesn't need much explanation, just obedience. It seems easier to preach against homosexuality (for example) than it does to preach love, affirmation, grace, and other Christ-like qualities and then actually practice them. You are a kindred spirit, and my brother. I know this post is more than 15 months old, but you are saying things that I am fairly recently beginning to see more clearly.
“I think conservative, so-called Bible-believing Christianity has gotten it all wrong, which means I have gotten it wrong for so long, way too long. I simply think real faith in Christ should produce more people who are really like Christ. It’s time to really get serious about loving God and loving people.”
It really should be that simple. Following Christ should mean that–following His example.
“And doing that, I suspect, is going to mean that I’m going to have to get more serious about putting Christ at the center of my faith and interpret all of the other parts of Scripture, including Paul, by what Christ said and did.”
I never realized until recently how much cons. evang. follow Paul instead of Jesus. Not much preaching from the Gospels. Loads from Paul. I guess Jesus doesn’t need much explanation, just obedience.
It seems easier to preach against homosexuality (for example) than it does to preach love, affirmation, grace, and other Christ-like qualities and then actually practice them.
You are a kindred spirit, and my brother.

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