Saturday, June 23, 2007
Relationship verses Religion
My husband and I have been talking lately about many aspects of Christianity. One such topic is how situational ethics has slipped into the church. Now most Christians will argue that they disagree with situational ethics and well they should, Truth is Truth. By definition truth constitutes exactness and conformity to it, if it is not truth for all it is not truth. However, this does not always seem to apply to everyone within Body of Christ. I will explain this by example, hear are some things that I have heard which demonstrate this:
I found an article that really encapsulated this concept, here is a snippet from it:
"I like to tell people that Christianity is not a relationship; it is a religion. Of course it is a religion with a covenant relationship at the heart of it."....."But the liberal (and modern evangelical) emphasis is on what we are pleased to call a personal relationship (meaning private relationship) -- and not the biblical notion of a public covenant relationship. When the relationship becomes "personal," the truth that undergirds it becomes equally "personal.""
This line here-"the truth that undergirds it becomes equally "personal."- is Christian situational ethics. This does not allow accountability or for any church discipline when needed.
To read more visit 'Christianity Is Not a Relationship, It's a Religion' It is worth the visit!
- that is awesome that God has led you to live like that
- that is good for some people
- the word call or calling is used so often I feel it has become a cop-out answer for I don't want to or that is not for me
- well, my God told me this (when did we start worshipping different gods, only when you were confronted??)
- you have to be a certain type of person to live like that or to do such and such (are we not supposed to be pulled out of our comfort zone and conformed to the image of Christ in all areas?)
I found an article that really encapsulated this concept, here is a snippet from it:
"I like to tell people that Christianity is not a relationship; it is a religion. Of course it is a religion with a covenant relationship at the heart of it."....."But the liberal (and modern evangelical) emphasis is on what we are pleased to call a personal relationship (meaning private relationship) -- and not the biblical notion of a public covenant relationship. When the relationship becomes "personal," the truth that undergirds it becomes equally "personal.""
This line here-"the truth that undergirds it becomes equally "personal."- is Christian situational ethics. This does not allow accountability or for any church discipline when needed.
To read more visit 'Christianity Is Not a Relationship, It's a Religion' It is worth the visit!
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