Why Isn't the Story More Widely Known?
Photo: (©️ 2022) Deborah Evans In the last post, I described how Jesus inhabits and transforms our lives as we practice obedience. I ended the post with the question of why this work of God isn't more widely known or more clearly observed. The question could be expanded to examine why Christianity has been politicized to the point of many in the general public associating Christians with political labels and not with accounts of personal transformation, loving service, prayer and obedience, commitment to justice, or holiness and gentleness. Christ followers are called to be authentic witnesses. This calling is both simple and complex. It's simple enough for everyone to understand. It's too complex to accomplish apart from God. In scripture, we are called to be "in the world, but not of it." There's a tension between being "called out" of the general culture and being commanded to demonstrate a unique and godly life to that culture. We...