Matt and I had a great discussion last night about one of our pastor's quotes. The statement read:
"As Christians we love talking about the benefits of the cross, but we are generally unwilling to grapple with the reality of the fall."
Dr. Rod Casey
The topic came up because we were talking about worrying. I'm the one in our relationship that doesn't worry. Matt tends to be the worrier. But, Matt said that he would get so frustrated growing up because he was a worrier. He also grew up in a good Christian home along with a devout extended family. He was made to feel like he didn't have adequate faith because he worried. In reality, we both agreed, that this has more to deal with the human factor than with lack of faith.
Why is it that Christians like to paint pretty pictures about our faith and life, and neglect the fallenness of man? Faith plays into both aspects, I believe.
One of the things that irks me is when the Christian community gets all up in arms about TV shows or movies or music that isn't necessarily ideal. You know what? Life on Earth isn't exactly ideal. And to complete dismiss secular media as lacking in any value or truth telling is detrimental to our purpose of reaching people for Christ. Sure, I'd like to see or listen to more values-based, family-centric media, but if we completely ignore that other side, how can we even attempt to reach those who aren't?
Truth can be spoken in the secular as well, not just in the Christian form (whatever that means).
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Damn, I thought that this was going to be about the time you talked Matt into getting one of those "Life Alert" monitors...
Haha, yea. Maybe I need to write about that. :)
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