Well, it's now officially Monday, and therefore the end of Easter weekend. It was...mixed.
Good Friday was spent at York in order to get some extra work done. I ended up at "Vaseline" at Lee's Palace instead of Church. A year ago, I was staring at a worship team on Good Friday night. This year I was staring at drag queens... the irony isn't lost on me. I had more than a few moments of dismay when I heard some of my downtown acquaintances drunkenly yelling "Oh Jesus, you've had a rough day...lets have one for him." Lots of cynical comments about Jesus. But that is probably to be expected when all things are closed nationwide that day...except the bars.
Saturday afternoon had me waiting for the bus and chatting up with two homeless guys, Casper and Grant. We hung out for two hours, all told, and we hit it off very well. They were funny, I learned a lot, and I got the chance to hear some stories. I can see why Meaghan wants to do this type of thing. In the evening, I was in Peterborough, playing poker, spoons, and watching a truly horrific movie. Its called Saw. Low budget, great concept, but if you value sleep and security, don't watch it. I'm working on a practically sleepless night as a result.
This morning was church at Peterborough Free Methodist, which was an opportunity to practice abstract drawing techniques while hearing a great sermon. The church is having a series of seminars called "How to be politically incorrect." Sort of a how-to guide to bring up those awful topics like gay marriage and evolution and defend the Bible. After reading the caption, I thought of my friends here. Would it further the kingdom of God to argue the "issues"? Nothing feels right evangelically these days.
2 comments:
Arguing "issues" is never beneficial. However, openly discussing issues and giving the reasons why we ourselves believe what we do, is always benefical.
I recently had a conversation about being pro-life with a pro-choice guy, and it was quite enlightening for both of us I guarantee.
Ideally when discussing Christ with a homosexual we will not immediately harp on the "God hates homosexuality" string. It's less an issue that the person is gay... that's one sin of many, it's an issue that the person is a sinner and needs Christ's forgiveness.
We must stress Christ's love and forgiveness, or course, we should not shy away from the topic of his judgement... but on that topic we need to focus on all sin, not just a particularly visible one... that is especially easy for those who don't struggle with it to condemn.
I believe Jesus said "Before you take the speck out of your brother's eye, take the log out of your own eye."
Something us "evangelicals" need to heed.
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