So I got to thinking about all this ethical church leadership stuff, and because we live in a soundbyte world, I came up with this to summarize:
“Are we supposed to be known more for our love or for all the things we hate?”
Someone else said something very similar once, I’m sure, but it doesn’t matter. Anyway, my thoughts immediately went to the media portrayal of Christians and pastors. I’m not one for censorship in that regard, so it can’t be a power play from Christians to force the media to present the good to go with the bad they like to show. No, really, the goal should be for us to not do as much of the bad. By bad, I’m thinking more in terms of Haggard-bad or foot-in-mouth-Robertson-bad. Are you tracking with me?
So what if our good deeds (yes, I know salvation is by grace through faith, stop freaking out) outweighed our bad deeds. What if we were so popular among the people because we were known for our sacrificial love and selflessness that the few opportunities to really stick it to us didn’t really matter?
Man that’d be cool, wouldn’t it?
I think, in the end, it all goes back to the gospel we preach. What gospel are we preaching?
by Joe Kennedy
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