We emergent-types are pretty convinced (as much as we can be) that the journey of Christian faith is an extended conversation, full of growth and change and life. Faith is not, for all of our shouting an’ hootin’ and carryin’ on at each other, a binary thing. Sure, we want to separate ourselves into the faithful and the failures, the progressives and the conservatives, the sheep and the goats. Ultimately, though, a faith founded on love isn’t that sort of thing.
There are some great musings on this subject at Halfway to Normal, a delightful blog written by Kristen Tennant. Last week, she explored her struggles with a binary approach to faith. She writes:
too many churches and religious groups deliberately focus on an all-or-nothing approach to evangelism and outreach. They present this enormous pill and ask others to swallow it whole; if they don’t, those Christians often assume the worst of you and move on.
She’s worth reading/subscribing/following, so go over and browse around for a bit!
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