So today, I sub. I get bored, so I read. For BBC we read a interesting book entitled UNchristian. Basically a research book with a little bit of commentary. Pretty straight forward, thought provoking, and humbling. I decided to read it again, since i read it awhile ago, and spaced out the chapters. I feel as if I missed a lot of key points, in the application to my life.
The title of this post is a quote, and the topic of discussion. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS?
I believe that this quote is the way that we as Christians behave. This is especially true for me. A lot of focus and energy is exerted to preserve the first two adjectives describing God. "Holy" and "Just" are built up, and attributed to God, and rightly so. Christians love to embrace these two adjectives in regards to sins, but simply neglect the delivery of love. A God who is ONLY holy and just, is a God that i am afraid of, not one that I fear and respect. People often forget that GOD IS LOVE. Love is the Glue that holds everything together. Aren't we called to love? To love our enemies? It is possible to be holy and just, and not loving. This is not the way that God is, nor is it the way that I believe Christians should act. The problem is, that is how Christians act (myself included). We get are "holier than thou" personalities going, and expect everyone to adhere to our moral standards of holiness and justice. This is good, but the package of holiness and justice needs top be packaged with love. A loving message is a better recieved message.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
BBC Follow up, for Corey...
It is sad when you can respond to peoples comments in the form of a BLOG, because there are so few...ha...well no pity for me.
The Beer book club is an idea that was told to me by Mike shook (CS and a six pack) but i decided to actually bring it to fruition. Plus we dont have to read CS lewis, even though he is a christian badass. Well anyway, I brought it up to Seaner, who was stoked. The premise is basically that we meet in a bar/pub closest thing to it, preferably not loud or party mentality, and discuss a cuurrent/common book we are all reading for example, we just finished "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell. We discuss it over a tasty beer or two. We set up some guidlines so things dont lose sight of what is important. What is most important you ask? Spurring us as Christians, to live the most authentic Christian lives as we can. We do this by reading, learning, disagreeing and refining Christian books so we can use each other to solidify what we have read. This is NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. Beer is just a benefit. The guidlines are simple:
1. DONT READ, DONT COME. (This isnt a hangout session)
2. 2 BEER MAXIMUM (we arent here to get drunk, and therefore disobey the bible, that would be backwards)
3. MISS ONLY ONE TIME, PER BOOK (this is a commitment, not a convenience)
4. NO NEW MEMBERS DURING A BOOK. (new people are welcome and encouraged, but must wait until the new book starts)
This has been amazing for the guys in it right now, we will prob be changing the meeting time sometime. And we meet at the GETAWAY CAFE in Riverside. The next book we will be reading is "UNCHRISTIAN" by David Kinnaman. SO if you are interested in coming please email me, and get reading if you want to come next wednesday. Chapters one and two.
The Beer book club is an idea that was told to me by Mike shook (CS and a six pack) but i decided to actually bring it to fruition. Plus we dont have to read CS lewis, even though he is a christian badass. Well anyway, I brought it up to Seaner, who was stoked. The premise is basically that we meet in a bar/pub closest thing to it, preferably not loud or party mentality, and discuss a cuurrent/common book we are all reading for example, we just finished "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell. We discuss it over a tasty beer or two. We set up some guidlines so things dont lose sight of what is important. What is most important you ask? Spurring us as Christians, to live the most authentic Christian lives as we can. We do this by reading, learning, disagreeing and refining Christian books so we can use each other to solidify what we have read. This is NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. Beer is just a benefit. The guidlines are simple:
1. DONT READ, DONT COME. (This isnt a hangout session)
2. 2 BEER MAXIMUM (we arent here to get drunk, and therefore disobey the bible, that would be backwards)
3. MISS ONLY ONE TIME, PER BOOK (this is a commitment, not a convenience)
4. NO NEW MEMBERS DURING A BOOK. (new people are welcome and encouraged, but must wait until the new book starts)
This has been amazing for the guys in it right now, we will prob be changing the meeting time sometime. And we meet at the GETAWAY CAFE in Riverside. The next book we will be reading is "UNCHRISTIAN" by David Kinnaman. SO if you are interested in coming please email me, and get reading if you want to come next wednesday. Chapters one and two.
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