ok .. i know i'm not typically the "preachy" type :) in fact i rarely get too deep on here :) but today at church we started a new series and i thought it was really good. so bear with me for 2 seconds :)
the message was about sterotypes and christianity and breaking those stereotypes down.
bob talked about how it's important to be just ... BUT that love trumps justice. and how we need to remember that God will even the score - that's not our job. not that we need to agree with everybody that we see. but that we need to be tolerant of them. we need to make judgements without being judgmental.
he showed a clip of some interviews done on the UCSC campus. when asked what people thought of Jesus and Christianity - over and over again people responded that Jesus's teachings were great and that he was a very noble man. but that christianity is no longer what it used to be. they quoted ghandi saying - "i like your christ. i do not like your christians. your christians are so unlike your christ"
he also shared that only 16% of non-christians in the 17-30 age category have a favorable view of Christianity.
it's sad to think that there are things that i do and things that i say that could turn people off in that way!
i left feeling challenged to try to change that. to be someone that doesn't just jump to judge - but that stops and shows love first. (or at least tries)
that's my goal :)
if you have a second - go listen to the message from this weekend on eaglebrooks site. it was a good reminder of how the little things we do in a day can make a really big difference!
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