Monday, July 28, 2003
GRAY AREAS
What are gray areas? They are areas when things are not so clear cut -- as in neither black nor white. In fact, gray areas are so gray that it's even gray whether you spell it "gray" or "grey." To tell you the truth, I don't even know the correct answer to that one.
Anyway, the Koinonia guys were talking about gray areas in the Christian life recently and the discussion was one of the best we ever had.
Everything from going to R-rated movies to listening to certain kinds of music (like Eminem) to dating a non-Christian to saying words like "ass" or "damn" or "b*tch", etc. were discussed. We didn't get to cover all the topics because the discussion got so intense, but we basically decided that if it did not cause you or others to stumble, that it was probably okay. The fine line, of course, is being in the world, but not of it. That is, we have to be able to hang out with sinners like Jesus did, but not get brought down by them. Instead, we have to bring them up.
Any thoughts? Hit me back on the guestbook.
P.S. Speaking of the guestbook, Simon has been putting down some good stuff there. You're basically getting two blogs in one site. Check it out!
What are gray areas? They are areas when things are not so clear cut -- as in neither black nor white. In fact, gray areas are so gray that it's even gray whether you spell it "gray" or "grey." To tell you the truth, I don't even know the correct answer to that one.
Anyway, the Koinonia guys were talking about gray areas in the Christian life recently and the discussion was one of the best we ever had.
Everything from going to R-rated movies to listening to certain kinds of music (like Eminem) to dating a non-Christian to saying words like "ass" or "damn" or "b*tch", etc. were discussed. We didn't get to cover all the topics because the discussion got so intense, but we basically decided that if it did not cause you or others to stumble, that it was probably okay. The fine line, of course, is being in the world, but not of it. That is, we have to be able to hang out with sinners like Jesus did, but not get brought down by them. Instead, we have to bring them up.
Any thoughts? Hit me back on the guestbook.
P.S. Speaking of the guestbook, Simon has been putting down some good stuff there. You're basically getting two blogs in one site. Check it out!
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