“However, that personal God is never private. Restricting God to private space was the great heresy of the twentieth-century American evangelicalism. Denying the public God is a denial of biblical faith itself, a rejection of the prophets, the apostles, and Jesus himself. Exclusively private faith degenerates into a narrow religion, excessively preoccupied with individual and sexual morality whilst almost oblivious to the biblical demands for public justice. In the end, private faith becomes a merely cultural religion providing the assurance of righteousness for people just like us.”
nate's thoughts: whoa... is it wrong to immediately think that this scarily resembles the church I go to? Hehehehe... will I get expelled for daring to ask if that link exists? :P
But, more importantly than me pointing fingers, what are the implications of this passage for me?
One of the things I took away from last year is the active reconciling of faith and action; of action that goes beyond private institution and into the world, but hand in hand with a faith that compels and inspires it
This year was always going to be a stretching one for me; what does life look like after Urban Seed; how will I hang what the bible asks of us as socially responsible Christians, together with a life that naturally is me?
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there are other things that are just as interesting as bgr, natey. you of all people should know that.
i'll comment on your thoughts later as i am still in clinics.
:| What's BGR?
"BGR" = Boy Girl Relationships
I can't believe Deb said "there are other things just as interesting as BGR." Like what? Rahaha! Like what?! Like counting cracks in a pavement? Like excel spreadsheeting? Oh, oh. How abou melting ants with magnified sunrays? No...that actually does qualify as interesting...
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