--- David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let's also not forget this: as much as Christians can do and say dumb
> things, and as much as popular evangelical Christianity can be dumb about
> science issues and politics sometimes, and as much as Christians can be
> hypocritical, Christians always have been, and always will be (until the
> Kingdom in fullness comes), despised, rejected and persecuted by the world,
> simply because we love Jesus and the world rejects him. If there's a theme
> that runs clearly through the entire New Testament, it's the theme of
> remaining united and standing firm through the inevitable scorn of a world
> that rejects Christ. We do need to examine ourselves to see where we cause
> our own problems, but we also need to remember that persecution will come
> even as we tell the truth properly and in love.
>
Agreed. The crucial issue is to avoid being rejected by the world for the
wrong reasons. If Christianity is rejected because the world believes that in
order to be a Christian you must be a YEC, that is rejecting us for the wrong
reason. OTOH if we're rejected because we believe John 14:6, then that comes
with the territory.
Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
248.652.4148 (home) 248.821.8156 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31
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