THE GOSPEL IS FOR CHRISTIANS TOO - CONNECTIONS - 12/05/2010

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     THE GOSPEL IS FOR CHRISTIANS TOO.
by Mark Galli
When Christians share their faith with others -- especially those of other faiths -- our conversation sometimes begins with an unfortunate assumption: that we Christians have absorbed the message of Jesus and that non-Christians have not. That we are on the righteous side of God's ledger, and that Muslims and Jews are the sinners' side. We are near to God, and Buddhists and Hindus are far from God. Our conversation implicitly assumes that non-Christians need spiritual help and we do not so much. Non-Christians are lost, and we are not; people of other faiths need to hear the words of the gospel, and we do not.

We never say any of this in so many words -- this is not the sort of thing that can be said at interfaith dialogues! But we Christians sometimes come across that way, and when we do, we are labeled arrogant and self-righteous. This puzzles us, because at such forums or in personal conversation with non-Christians, we usually work hard at being civil and kind. I suspect the problem in some cases is the above assumptions.... Read this in full at
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/decemberweb-only/57-31.0.html

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Be Blessed.

Min. Frank Coleman
PathOfLifeMinistries.org