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Saturday, January 29, 2011

13. What is a belief of yours that usually most of those in the Christian church disagree with?

Umm... Well, considering the fact that I'm a Christian that goes to a Christian church, I can't really think of anything. I study the Bible, I read Christian books by authors like C.S. Lewis and David Platt, I listen to sermons, I test those sermons by matching them up with what I've read. So most of what I believe matches up with what the church—the church, the body of Christ—teaches.

I guess you could say that David Platt's book Radical brought me to believe something that the majority of people in the modern church are uncomfortable with, but it's not something the church itself disagrees with (and I'm pretty sure most people in the church wouldn't disagree, but they wouldn't act on it): Nobody is called to missions; we are commanded to participate in the Christian mission. Too many people in the modern church are comfortable to just sit back and let others be missionaries overseas while they are content to be "Sunday Christians," people who go to church on Sundays and leave their Christianity at the door on the way out. Even at home, we are to live a missionary life, living like Christ, for Christ, so that others would see Christ through us and want to know Him the way we know Him. To be a Christian is to be a missionary, whether overseas or on the homefront. It's not an option; it's our duty.

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