it seems that my "christian walk" has taken somewhat of a new turn.
i have come back to full faith in Christ.
(i think he is the cat's pajamas)
and i have realized that its not the church i hate.
what i hate is everything that is wrongly ascribed as being part of the church.
i am now focused on completly removing religion from my view of God.
the way i am doing this is quite systematic.
my first goal is to discover the essentials of christianity.
what is absolutely crucial.
my second step is to dissolve everything that is not essential.
i will never buy another "passion" praise cd.
the third step is to examine the essentials in light of the scripture and see if they are being done right in our present society.
for example, the role of a pastor. i believe that a pastor is an important part of the church. however, i dont think this role was intended to be distant from the community, the only one who knows the scripture, and the final authority of what is right and wrong.
fourthly, i want to realign the essentials to the context of the word of God.
sticking with the example of the pastor, i would see that in the scripture the pastor fits into more of a mentor role, and thus align my life and community properly (i.e. finding a mentor/pastor relationship, as well as devoloping myself to be a mentor/pastor to someone else). also i would (if i were leading a community of believers) would teach everyone involved inductive bible study skills. enabling everyone to have a full understanding of scripture. this would provide the community with differant perspectives and insights as well as help us all stay away from a unhealthy, unbalanced view.
this is my vision of christianity.
i want to make it work.
i know that there are people out there that already are making it work.
but just not enough people
3:32 p.m. - 2003-08-23
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