| | Not sleeping much tonight so I decided to post a bit. I've had this
quote in my facebook profile for a while and I've been meaning to
expound on it:
"Of course, if salvation was an end in and of itself--and you believe
in Jesus Christ as God--why in the world would his death and
resurrection happen at such a temporal distance from his second coming.
I mean, why not just die, save humanity from their sins, and end the
world, if that's all there is to salvation anyway? Believing in
salvation as an ends rather than as means to an end puts one in the
position of loving an awful jackass of a God, now doesn't it?"
-Brandon, http://www.badchristian.com
I've been thinking about evangelism and I want some genuine feedback
The great commission states that we are to make disciples. This
commission is usually used to justify churches being driven by the
number of attendees which we all know is basically wrong. Why are we
taught to view people as targets of conversion? but we aren't called to
make believers we are called to disciple them
I don't want to view people as targets. I want to build relationships.
I want to disciple everyone I come into contact with. I think honesty
in your faith is the easiest way to bring people to repentance. I'm
sick of the church trying to spew apologetic rhetoric and trying to be
political. the church will risk anything for their stance on prolife
and being antievolution but I don't see anyone with signs saying "God
loves homosexuals, he is redeeming ALL of creation!" no one takes a
stand for love, no one takes a stand for fellowship.
I want to take a stand for love and fellowship. More specifically I
want to love and invest into people and be in fellowship. I think at
least some of us have this fear of dying alone and sad... why can't we
encourage and help eachother in that
it's funny because I'll answer any direct questions but I won't
willingly divulge information without the questions. I assume I
have that in common with other people. let's ask eachother questions. I
want to put myself on the spot but not here, not online. I don't think
anything is more ironic than trying to think out and solve total
loneliness through the emotional safety of my computer.
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