Sooooo Postmodern
Yep - we're living in a postmodern world populated by a bunch of annoying modernists... I know there are still people who yell and scream and protest abortion clinics but, really, haven't we grown up yet? Next door we have a new church that has a huge sign (maybe I'll take a picture and post it later) out front that advertises their weekend long event:
Hell House! [In suitable red and blood dripping letters]
It'll scare the HELL out of you!
Sigh... Do we really think that we can scare people into faith? Do we really think that yelling at a pregnant teenage girl, or a pregnant 30something for that matter, really is doing ANY kind of kingdom building? I suppose that it makes the protester feel...what? Superior? Holier-than-thou? Jesus had an awful lot to say about THOSE kind of people... And about the pregnant girl who might make (what I or Michael or anybody else not in her skin thinks is) a mistake in getting an abortion - well, Jesus said things like, "Blessed are the poor in spirit...blessed are the meek..." He said that he came for the lost and broken and hurting (yeah, it's a paraphrase - but he DID say that he did NOT come for the righteous, so there...).
The world around us marches on and we live in our own little Christianized worlds where we look out the stained glass and turn our noses up at what's going on. We're above it all, aren't we? I mean, we're supposed to be "in the world but not of the world" - but we have an awfully wierd way of being "in the world" don't we? If we could on lhave Christian grocery stores, Christian gas stations and, oh I know, Christian Walmarts then we could really be "in the world" the way we want to be...
Yeah, I think Jesus is weeping over this New Jerusalem that we've built - not His kingdom, but ours. Not His will, but ours.
I will always identify myself as Christian on the issue of abortion. Not pro-choice, not pro-life. Every person (born or unborn, Christian or not) deserves to handled with Grace and Mercy. I won't pass judgment on any person for what they do or don't do - not my job and I wouldn't want it. Would I counsel someone to get an abortion? Depends. But I wouldn't give ANY counsel without talking, praying, crying and seeking God in the whole situation.
So, call me whatever you want on the issues... I call myself pro-grace...
Hell House! [In suitable red and blood dripping letters]
It'll scare the HELL out of you!
Sigh... Do we really think that we can scare people into faith? Do we really think that yelling at a pregnant teenage girl, or a pregnant 30something for that matter, really is doing ANY kind of kingdom building? I suppose that it makes the protester feel...what? Superior? Holier-than-thou? Jesus had an awful lot to say about THOSE kind of people... And about the pregnant girl who might make (what I or Michael or anybody else not in her skin thinks is) a mistake in getting an abortion - well, Jesus said things like, "Blessed are the poor in spirit...blessed are the meek..." He said that he came for the lost and broken and hurting (yeah, it's a paraphrase - but he DID say that he did NOT come for the righteous, so there...).
The world around us marches on and we live in our own little Christianized worlds where we look out the stained glass and turn our noses up at what's going on. We're above it all, aren't we? I mean, we're supposed to be "in the world but not of the world" - but we have an awfully wierd way of being "in the world" don't we? If we could on lhave Christian grocery stores, Christian gas stations and, oh I know, Christian Walmarts then we could really be "in the world" the way we want to be...
Yeah, I think Jesus is weeping over this New Jerusalem that we've built - not His kingdom, but ours. Not His will, but ours.
I will always identify myself as Christian on the issue of abortion. Not pro-choice, not pro-life. Every person (born or unborn, Christian or not) deserves to handled with Grace and Mercy. I won't pass judgment on any person for what they do or don't do - not my job and I wouldn't want it. Would I counsel someone to get an abortion? Depends. But I wouldn't give ANY counsel without talking, praying, crying and seeking God in the whole situation.
So, call me whatever you want on the issues... I call myself pro-grace...
posted by Pastor Bill at 12:16 PM
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