…white, upper middle class, educated. I have a theological periodicity of something like 8 years. It takes roughly 8 years for me to cycle through various flavors of Christianity. About three years ago, I peaked as a reformed person. And why not? I’m white, upper middle class, educated, old at heart, haughty, wordy. I enjoy being right. I’m a fan of tradition. The church, despite its appearances, is not a political entity. It’s not exclusionary, nor is it meant to be schismatic. When I look at the hard core reformed community, I see the same faces, over and over again. Why should white, upper middle class, educated people be the only ones able to see the truth? Why has God revealed this to us and not everyone else?
The other cliques are no better. The thing that we call the church is more often more about fraternizing with those who we already are comfortable and speaking in terms that communicate with our past sensibilities than experiencing God or emulating Christ. Our churches are social clubs with a religious bent.
Unfortunately, this is what we have now. It’ll change slowly, maybe. Just because it’s an imperfect system doesn’t mean that it’s a worthless system. Just please don’t waste zealotry on the particular bylaws of your specific club. That’s how we develop conflict and division. Those who focus only on distinctives miss the point, yet somehow feel puffed up while doing so. Not how it’s supposed to be. Quit it. Just look at congress, do you want that to be you?
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