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Defining me by what I don’t do

By mattsmallbone. Filed in God  |   
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I realized a very sad thing today.

I realized that during my Universtity years… my Christianity was defined by the things that I wouldn’t do.

I wouldn’t drink, swear or have sex.

One of the saddest things about evangelical Christianity in 2010 is that the average Joe only knows us by what we don’t do. Unfortunately… “they will know that we are Christians by our love” is more of a song these days than any kind of honest assessment by the vast majority of us who attend church on Sunday.

Let’s change this. The church NEEDS to be a force rather than a fortress.

Love

Matt

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  1. Comment by Stella:
    Saturday, August 28th 2010 at 6:12 am | 

    Just found your blog. Couldn’t agree with you more.
    All the dogma and doctrine in the world are meaningless if we don’t live a life that shines forth the love of God in every breath we take. And the more we so start to live like that, the less we have need of all those rules and regulations, because everything starts to fall into place.

  2. Comment by Warwick:
    Wednesday, September 1st 2010 at 6:26 pm | 

    So you should have drunk, sworn and had sex?

  3. Comment by mattsmallbone:
    Friday, September 3rd 2010 at 10:54 am | 

    Hey Warwick… no man… I just wish that I had been known by what I did… rather than what I didn’t do. I was a Pharisee.

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