Thoughts on what it looks like to live in the already, but not yet, Kingdom of God, knowing that I will never get it completely figured out, but enjoying the journey and asking people I meet to join me on the Dusty Path that is being a disciple of Jesus.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Belong, Believe and Behave -- or, um Behave
This video from my friend Alan's blog is brilliant. Give it a look (for those of you who wouldn't normally click the link do so just because it is a skit that involves fruit, which is always cool).
This is pretty weird. First, the video considers it bad that conversion frequently means conversion to a foreign culture. OK, true 'nuff. But then it also says that its bad because conversion forces people to choose between their faith and their families and community. What are you going to do with Luke 14:26?
Now, on to the fruit morality play. Let's consider changing the assignment of characters. What if the oranges are people in an orange culture and watermellon man is trying to bring the gospel to the oranges. How does the fruit parable work then?
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This is pretty weird. First, the video considers it bad that conversion frequently means conversion to a foreign culture. OK, true 'nuff. But then it also says that its bad because conversion forces people to choose between their faith and their families and community. What are you going to do with Luke 14:26?
Now, on to the fruit morality play. Let's consider changing the assignment of characters. What if the oranges are people in an orange culture and watermellon man is trying to bring the gospel to the oranges. How does the fruit parable work then?
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