Friday, October 06, 2006

Where is the point where Christians go from being set apart to being unapproachable? I was in Wal-Mart today and saw a gaggle of soldiers in full costume. They were definetly set apart, noticable, and competely unapproachable. I started thinking of Christians who value the fact that they are completely set apart from society. The Amish value their complete seperation (poor timing to pick on the Amish, I know.) Some denominations try relentlessly to harken back to the 1950s. Yeah, we're set apart, but does that seperation make people want to be like us. Seeing those men in camouflage didn't entice me to enlist in the army. Seeing the Amish without cars or electricity doesn't make me want to embrace the ideals of Christ. Where do we draw the line? I am fairly frightened by people who try so hard to keep themselves seperate, but don't keep a higher moral standard. That's what is suppose to seperate us - our morality.

Why do we keep on giving sinners Hell. Aren't we supposed to give them grace? Maybe my theology has gone so liberal that I can't even see how conservative my theology is. I mean really, how conservative is this line of thought?

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