Tuesday, February 15, 2005
A Blag before Bed.
As promised! Not that I think anyone/everyone is waiting, but I still promised!!
I was reading on the Internet monks site about Criticism via Christendom, and how much of Mchael Spencers words rang true. Especially the bit relevant to Evangelical Christianity. I have muttered, (often at times) 
how in these circles being nice is often more important than doing or saying what is right in God's eyes. I had occassion with personal experience of this not long ago. When some folks were definitely in the wrong about a matter that was both injurious and ungodly in many respects, and the person who spoke to me (as it was a matter relating to me) about it, said, they had given all the hints they could, they felt the matter was neglectful and careless rather than helpful and caring to me. And then they followed this immediately with, "But I can't tell them that. Because I'm a Christian" So, that bought it home to me in a very real way, how sin can often be winked at in an effort to be "nice". And its also where I have felt some of the pressures in my own life, in my own personal relationships, as you feel like you can be a doormat in some cases as long as you are "nice" about it, that's ok. Is a person who is in sin, either backslidden or unsaved, ever going to be made aware of their sin, by everyone bending over backwards to accomodate and leave them in their sin? Is that the really loving thing to do? I recall I had some cross (minorly) words with a friend, who thought at times a harder line should I take on certain things, yet also, I was getting mixed messages from well respected mature Christians here. But God has made my lightbulb pop on many fronts of late. 
and that includes often knowing what is God's will on some things without being swayed by this opinon or that opinion, and this has been one such issue. But it does seem to me, much like Michael Spencer, that many Evangelical Christians, will wink at sin just to keep everyone happy and so that by doing so they are seen as Christ like. Yet didn't Jesus call the Pharisees you brood of vipers? There is a time for walking softly as in anything, but this nice at any cost, is what on some levels has some tendency towards Airy Fairy Christianity, and not a realistic view of people and their lives in any real shape or form. And if one maybe leading a church in some way, and takes that view, how would you know when the one smaller sin you just winked at, has now grown to something far more horrendous and offensive to God, and if you do find out, will you wink at that too, just to be seen to be nice? Peoples souls are at stake here. Its not a popularity contest!Please can someone tell dic.com I have the phrase "airy fairy Christianity" patented, and will sell it to them for a fair price!
Its also a strange fact, that when I get my "rants' out on here, its kind of like after drinking two litres of coca cola in two or three hours, when you do that giant burp and find relief!!
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