And we wonder why Christianity has a developed a bad image in our culture:
Actually though my guess is that those videos are not the reason Christianity has garnered a bad name, but rather they are an extension of a greater problem. I’m not sure if I’m gifted enough to be able to clearly and adequately state that problem in one or two lines, but pretty much its that the church stopped trying to live out the kingdom message. We started trying to create our own comfortable subculture instead of being architects of Christs alternative culture that is supposed to be actively changing our world (think of Jesus’ stories about the mustard seed and leaven).
I hear ya. Sometimes when I try to really stop and think about what we're actually supposed to be about as Christ followers it boggles my mind. I literally don't know what to do with how very different I'm afraid it is from what we have been doing. At this point it's too big for my brain but I keep coming back to it and maybe one of these times I will have some idea of what to do. Christopher has me reading a book called "Revolution in World Missions" by K.P. Yohannan that has me going even further down the rabbit hole of realizing we've got it wrong. What to do?!
This isn't a response to Sarah (though maybe that will be a good next blog post) but I just realized i needed to give credit to Bike Mike Lewis and my brother-in-law Ben for the videos. They were all pilfered from them in one way or another.
Here's another one you can pilfer that I've found recently. Trust me, it's worth all 10 minutes.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsHH_HYSkH8
Those made me laugh. I was wondering what was wrong with America, I'm glad the first guy could explain that to me.
Everything is wrong with that first video. I don't know where to start . . . I'm dumbfounded by his idiocy. I think the best way to deal with this crap is to ignore it.
i'm really lost for words.
Those are for real? Wow. I had to look up the KJV to see if that guy was bluffing. But no, it's right there in the Bible.
wow. All I can say is…wow. :-I I'm still a little speechless. I—yeah, nope, I got nothing still.