This may be one of the things I have to say: I am sooo sick of controversy in the Christian arena. I'm so damn tired of theological argumentation - We've got this right, of course they've got all that wrong. I'm so glad I'm not like that crew over there. It makes me feel really good knowing that I've got it all wrapped up.
Seriously - I see so much of it in the blog world that it just makes me ill. But healthy theological debate is important - Truth is important - we've got to hash these things out and get to the bottom of things. I'm really beginning to wonder about all those statements. How important is it? Please don't answer that - any such answer will undoubtedly be in the category of that which makes me want to throw up.
Listen, I'm a theological thinker. My mind works like that. But when it comes to what's really, really important in the Christian life, in life in general, I'm beginning to believe that getting everything tightly wrapped up in a neat little "Truth bundle" is NOT it. It's not what we really should be expending our energy on. I'm sure there are healthier examples than I see regularly. It would be nice if they were more the norm - but they're not.
Yes, yes, it matters what we believe. Yes, some things are "truer" than others. Some things believed produce other things that aren't good - I know this. This can be so without us all becoming those who just sit around waiting for opportunities to pounce on those with whom we have "issues" ecclesiastically or theologically. All this mess goes 26 different directions. There really aren't many innocents out there. Hell, I'm sittin' here bitchin' about people who bitch about things, so there you go. We're in a broken world. We would all do well to more fully realize this.
"Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." John Wesley
"Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross
is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." Fulton J. Sheen
"...I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be
completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Henri Nouwen
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