Q&A

It's time to bring back the dialogue, because that's the way I like it. It's kind of an expansion from my last post about profanity. Christians are often portrayed as people who are against things, often in the form of a list of words. I've found myself saying at least a zillion times "People should see what we are for." This is also described as "the life abundant." It should be evident. The frustrating part is, many Christians don't seem to agree on what it is.

Here's the chance to put it up there in the good ol' comments box. What characterizes the life abundant? I have convictions on the subject, but I'd rather hear from others.

I guess what I'm asking is, what are we for?

Redefining Profanity

"You shall not take the Lord's name in vain". When I hear that command I don't picture frustrated individuals yelling out certain words in a struggle with a Deity they claim not to believe in. He has business with them, and He knows their hearts.

I think of televangelists, faith healers and way too many politicians who use His Name for their own gain at the expense of others. Praising God with your lips and showing total disregard for all life He created, that's obscene. Yet we continue our fear-driven agenda against words. It's better to be dishonest about frustration than to express it. If it whitewashes your true self and trains you to cut down others without a single swear word, fine. It happens all the time.

Which do we really think God cares more about? Swear words, or how we treat people created in His image?

Once again, I'm declaring war on semantics. Let's redefine profanity and call it what is. That being the case, maybe we (myself included) are not as clean as we thought we were.