Kristy and I hosted her sister and brother-in-law over the weekend while they searched for a home. And, by the way, they’ve begun the process of purchasing in beautiful Monument, just north of the Springs. It was a lot of fun to be able to hang out with them during their search and give our feedback and support.
A couple of weeks ago, I came across this Pentecost meditation by Doug Pagitt and was very blessed by it. He summed up the invitation in Peter’s sermon in Acts 2 this way: “Invert your life to the way of God. Tell this story to yourself and others. Be part of the life of God under the influence of the Spirit.”
Also encouraged by Jonny’s thoughts on engaging false spiritual ideologies and contextualizing God’s truth, rather than merely writing them off and condemning them as pagan practices. This is the kind of missional mentality that the church needs to adopt more.
Click here for another example of this in Northern Ireland, where believers are trying to respond to the gay community in a compassionate way and opposing Christian protest marches. There may be some syncretism going on here, but I think the fundamentalist Christian group protesting the gay parade need to think seriously about the Christ-likeness of their approach (or lack thereof).
Are there any groups/churches in Northern Ireland who recognize homosexuality as a sin but do not target homosexual people differently than anyone else guilty of sin?? Why don’t we have any coalitions being formed to protest heterosexuals sleeping together outside of marriage?
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I fully agree, where are the coalitions of Christians shouting down things that Christ actually talked about. For example, while Christ spoke not a word about homosexuality, he was quite clear that people should not remarry after a divorce, yet this has all but been accepted by the church.
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