Theocentric Musings

The great commission requires you to actually go to where the lost are and love on them, not lock yourself away with the found and judge them. Food for thought.

Meditate on this, by way of Frank Viola, check him out on his webpage,http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankviola/warning/: Civil disagreement and even debate, when done in the spirit of Christ, are healthy and helpful. But when disagreements descend into second-guessing motives, distortions of one another’s words, mischaracterizations of one another’s views, and personal attacks, then we’ve moved into the flesh. The net is that the name of Jesus gets tarnished in no small way. So how do we change that? Here are 7 points to consider the next time you think you have a possible disagreement with another Christian: 1. Go to them privately and ask them what they meant by what they said, did, or wrote or what they allegedly said, did, or wrote. Jesus said to go to your brother/sister in private if we have an issue with them. Since we don’t want to misrepresent others in public, going to them directly helps prevent this. And you would want the same treatment if the shoe happened to be on yo...