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In the war on spiritual apathy there is only one rule for me... everyone fights, no one quits. if you quit your dead. and if you die there are only 1 of 2 ways you will go! i fight for the Kingdoms sake, a weapon in the kings arsenal. i am the Soldier of Truth.

Sunday, 6 May 2007

No Compromise

over the past few weeks i have been reading "No Compromise" the life story of Kieth Green. i see a lot of myself in this story. Kieth Green was an over the top, full on, no hold bar kind of guy who loved God and thought that christians compromised their faith way to much.

i also believe that we as christians compromise way to much. here are a few areas i think we compromise way to much in:
-political correctness rather than spiritual correctness
-niceness rather than truthfulness (even if it hurts)
-Sin rather than theological correctness

now i know i will cop flack for this thinking...i have all my Christian life, but i see it all the time and so do those who are on the outside looking in. i believe that we as followers of Christ need to lift our game. i believe that we need to step up or step out... your either a sold out follower of Christ or you WILL hear get away from me i do not know you.

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posted by Soldier of Truth @ 01:33  

5 Comments:

  • At 6 May 2007 at 12:08 pm , Blogger Ludicrousity said...

    I agree with you SOldier on this. However, I think we need to be careful how we execute that. We can really hurt people by labelling offensiveness as truth. We can be truthful without bring overly harsh and hurtful. We must speak the truth in love.

     

  • At 6 May 2007 at 3:31 pm , Blogger Working for Youth said...

    agreed, but when the truth is packaged so that it is palatable it can quite often lose its effectiveness.

    for instance if you sit with and discuss about divorce with someone who is already ready to get a divorce how much do you really think they will take on. now say that this person is a christian and that there is only one reason that Jesus says divorce is allowed do you think they will listen?

    some would say they would some have seen the difference.

    the truth is still the truth even if it hurts but some people are not willing to say it... and i believe that this is our Compromise.

     

  • At 9 May 2007 at 12:53 pm , Blogger glenn william jessop said...

    I would like to think about the concept of Truth as it relates to judgement. I think in being honest and truthful we need to be careful that we are running not with our own agendas or judgements, but are in line with God's teaching. Life is messy (humans are particularly complex), and "theological correctness" may not always be straight forward.

    That said, I do agree that Christians are often too nice (I'm working on being more direct myself). We do need to be sold out and not lukewarm...of course, people will express this in different ways...

     

  • At 9 May 2007 at 3:42 pm , Blogger Soldier of Truth said...

    expression is ok it is when we treat un biblical stuff like a little white lie...one or two wont hurt but 20 will? jesus said u r either sold out completely or you r not. its not about being judgemental (and some people will say that it is) when you direct a person away from their sin and into the arms of jesus.

     

  • At 9 May 2007 at 4:15 pm , Blogger Ludicrousity said...

    You can be honest without being hurtful though. I wonder if you always know the difference. I know you have a good heart, but from personal experience you have hurt because you think you're being truthful. You can speak truth without being careless of other people's feelings.

     

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