If you are past this stage and have moved on to a new issue, please bear with me. I'm still trudging through and trying to find a gracious way to deal with it. To be honest, I'm tired.
The culture war issue disturbs me. Often it's a matter of a preacher ranting about the ultimate evils of homosexuality and such. Those are apparently bigger issues these days than dishonesty and greed, which never seem to make the list. The rant continues with a lament that Christians can't tell non-Christians how to live. Whyever would some one have a problem with that?
If someone takes away your freedom to live in obedience to Christ and to encourage fellow Christians to do the same, by all means resist by continuing to do the right thing. Commit your lives of integrity to Him. No whining required.
The cross and lives of obedience to Christ should be the offense. Shouting down others to create enemies is not the way. Unfortunately, I've lived in this world and I've only learned to argue. I've become offensive before the message could even come out.
I apologize to any who read this who may not share my faith. I've shouted out the need to teach creation while living out survival of the fittest. I've talked about morality while my mind has been anything but. I've said, "You need to deal with the speck, too," when the log is nowhere close to chipped away. And most unfortunately, I neglected to pray for wisdom regarding when to speak and when to shut up. Lord, help me to listen and serve, then the boldness. In Your Name.
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