Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: harling@pictel.uucp (Dan Harling) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: "Christian" Rock Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 05:21:27 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: PictureTel Corporation Lines: 49 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Stan Silvert) writes: > In article ASC105@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > > > >your spirit wear off. Get down on your knees and REPENT! God will be pleased. > > You KNOW what pleases God? Can I have your autograph? He has shown thee, O Man, what is good and what the Lord requires of thee: To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. (paraphrase mine) Of course, it is more difficult than it sounds in practice... :-) Apart from that nit-pick, I have to say that I agree 100% (or more) with the rest of your article. I know too many people who think that being "not of the world" means to be different in some superficial way, like listening only to certain styles of music, or wearing only certain kinds of clothing. You are correct to point out that there are many such areas in which Christians have no problem (such as eating food: how many of us still eat food, when we KNOW that all the pagans are doing it?). It is inconsistent to focus on one area to the exclusion of another. Perhaps that's not really what "not of the world" means after all... How about living a life that displays love and hope? I do not mean wearing "Jesus loves you" buttons, or "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper stickers. I mean being a good friend to someone who needs you; encouraging those around you; overflowing with love to the point that people just HAVE to ask you where it comes from (and then you can tell them, after you have shown that it works. End of Evangelism 101. Please leave the course evaluations in my mailbox). I think that, if we put as much effort into living exemplary lives as we often spend tilting at windmills, we would not be wondering why the world seems to have passed by Christianity, as if it had outgrown it. If you'll pray for me, that I will do a better job of this, I will pray for you. (Actually, I'll pray anyway, but a covenant has a way of reminding you, know what I mean?) 'Til We Meet Again, ______________________________________________________________________ Daniel A. Harling PictureTel, Inc. Rockport, MA Peabody, MA Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of PictureTel, Inc.; they are MINE, ALL MINE! (So there.) ---- === ====