Archive for January 11th, 2005
Why don’t Christians live what they preach?
For last week’s message, Ron sider’s article The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, here’s some excerpts … but the stats in the article is staggering! But even before we Malaysian Christians point a finger to others, may we look at ourselves honestly because very likely we are in the same boat or like one of the desert fathers or abbot told after hearing a young monk complaining about another monk – “Today he, tomorrow I.”
“… To say there is a crisis of disobedience in the evangelical world today is to dangerously understate the problem. Born-again Christians divorce at about the same rate as everyone else. Self-centered materialism is seducing evangelicals and rapidly destroying our earlier, slightly more generous giving. Only 6 percent of born-again Christians tithe. Born-again Christians justify and engage in sexual promiscuity (both premarital sex and adultery) at astonishing rates. Racism and perhaps physical abuse of wives seems to be worse in evangelical circles than elsewhere. This is scandalous behavior for people who claim to be born-again by the Holy Spirit and to enjoy the very presence of the Risen Lord in their lives.
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A Good 2005 Weekend!
It’s just so energizing to hear how things are working “right” for a change when it comes to church, community, worship, friendship, etc. so here’s a quick one …
Gobi’s I Have Returned makes me join him in Thanking the Lord too!
Nice to hear a soothing melody in Messy’s Good ‘ol Sunday …
Sounds like our good friend Kia Ming visited Si Johnston’s church in weekend and protest4
Moh Foong gives us a window into our Saturday Tsunami Aid Day in Weekend in Grace
DB captures his feelings on Saturday with the word Fullfilment and had a nice sequel post he will provide
Alpha draws our attention to what really motivates our actions in tsunami: love compels us
My young friend Ben reminded me of the rain on Saturday and more with God is God
The year 2004 ended with such a dark gloom, it’s moments like the ones mentioned above (and I want to savour every bit possible) that allows the light to breakthrough the dark clouds after walking into the second week of 2005.
