I was in Walden Books earlier today and decided to look for a book called unChristian. Pastor Chris Stapleton from The Rock Church talked about it once in a sermon. I couldn't find it, though I did find another book by Gabe Lyons. Anyways so off to Cornerstone books I went! Not only did I find this book, but I also left there with a new devotional that is based around The Message bible. It's called The Message Remix Solo. It may be the best devotional I've ever owned and I really can't wait to get started on it! But back to this book. In unChristian they at one point poll groups of non-Christians and ask for the opinions on Christians. One of the things I remember specifically was along the lines of, "What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Christians?" The two top answers, again...if I remember correctly, were "Hypocrisy" and "Hating homosexuals." It's terrible that the two first things that non-believers think of Christians are bad things. Sadly I believe that many Christians give our entire religion a bad name and it's worse because the media coverage of said Christians is thrice that of those of us who are trying to live our lives right! Okay I admit it...I just wanted to use the word "Thrice." :)
Another question, again I'm trying to recall this from a sermon probably 2 almost 3 years ago, that was asked was if those non-believers knew any Christians and if those Christians acted different than the ones who weren't Christians. Sorry if that was all smushed and sounded confusing, but I think you get the point. The answers were astounding, again. Almost all of those people polled said that they didn't see any difference. Listen, I'm not saying that we should be all holier-than-thou because that just turns people away and is a terrible idea in general. What I am saying is that we should live by example.
...and I hate to end there, but I have some things I really need to accomplish today. I just wanted to make sure I got a blogpost in :).
List for November 8, 2010
_x_1. Deposit money in the bank
_x_2. Look for new devotional
_x_3. Find book "unChristian"
_x_4. Finish closing duties from work last night
_x_5. Work at 4.
_x_6. Contact Teena about cleaning tomorrow
__7. Figure out flat tire situation
__8. Talk to Jesse about one day off per week
_x_9. Pray about what to do about hookah
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