Wow, I haven't written anything new on this blog in a really long time! I guess it's better late than never, depending on who's doing the waiting, right?
Well, I just wanted to write my thoughts regarding the Governor of Alabama's speech given today. In his speech, he said, "Anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister, and I want to be your brother." You can read about it here
I can kind of understand this man's intentions. Most likely, good intentions, at that. However, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Sure, he was speaking to a church crowd. And he is right about the fact that those who have Christ in them are his fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. But that is not something that really needed to be pointed out, now is it? If they are truly a church crowd, then he's preaching to the choir.
His statement rings of exclusivity, which is exactly what Christians are mostly accused of these days. Being intolerant. Being bigots. Constantly pointing out that we are saved and you are not, neener, neener, neener.
I get so tired of Christians in the public forum speaking without thinking first. Obviously, I have no problem with him talking about his faith, but use some common sense. All you have to do is read though the 24,000+ comments on the article I linked to in order to get an impression of how Christians are viewed in society today. It is disheartening, to say the least, and it makes me sad that many people are lost BECAUSE of us, not in spite of us.
There is a video I watched on Netflix a couple weeks ago called Lord, Save Us From Your Followers that I think is really great. It points out how Christians are viewed today to non-believers, and it also talks about how we SHOULD be approaching non-believers, rather than the way we have been doing it.
If you have not seen it, I encourage you to watch it.
