Sometimes when we spend a lot of time in a comfortable conservative Christian bubble, we forget how the ideas and values of the world can be quite different. This is also true of Christians who have not matured much and have rather different values. They need a worldview shift. Most of the guys in rehab I talk to will say things that remind me to be thankful to be surrounded by strong Christians. The most common issues I've noticed involve women. Most of them would have no problem living with their girlfriend and not see it as wrong. I was talking to a guy last week who professes trust in Christ and we started talking about his girlfriend. I asked him if she shared his same beliefs and he said no. It didn't seem important to him that he marry someone who was a Christian. This puzzled me. I asked him about how he would raise his kids, and he said he would raise them Catholic because he was raised Catholic. I was stunned. He didn't seem to see the difference. He is in need of a worldview shift, as am I sometimes. We all need to line up our thinking with God's, based on His Word. And we are called to point others to thinking God's way.
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Colin
2/20/2012 10:57:43 am
Sweet note, Brian! As Jay says, "Syncretism happens!"
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sharon
2/21/2012 06:35:22 am
yes. i have a friend who comes to our womens bible study for 6 yrs now,a catholic before, and professes to follow Christ and yet still has to attend "holy week" and "all saints day" at her church which is a catholic chuch and also "go to confession"?
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