Nuke a Gay Baby Whale for Jesus

Five controversial topics that cause many to choose sides...It was a bumper sticker I had in the early 80's, however, someone thought I was serious and scraped it off.

We've all heard the biblical renderings of how Christ followers should be in, but not of, the world.  In a practical approach, how does that work? 

I consider myself a Christ follower for nearly three decades now.  Now, more than ever, I understand a little more the how and why of Christ being crucified and what Easter truly means.  We are called to be salt and light.  We are told to love God and love our neighbor and in doing so all the prior laws are not really needed theoretically as they are all met.  We are told the world will know we are Christ followers by our love for one another.

I use the word Christ follower rather than the more common and inflammatory name of Christian.  That derogatory term can and is used to mean anything...and nothing.  Just check out the use during the Crusades from the past and the current batch killing people in Africa under that "political" guise,  burning Korans, being vinegar rather than honey...

If you seriously search scripture and it's application, you quickly come to realize how to be in but not of.   What business is it of ours to bash any group? None of my business.  Imagine for a moment you are enjoying a "Double Double, Animal Style" at In and Out Burger, and a Vegan group approaches you, and tries to coerce you into court and sue you for eating meat prompting the case to go to the highest court. 

Here's the problem with that mentality; you never signed up to be Vegan and aren't held accountable to the Vegan standards of eating.  While they maybe noble in their way, it's not my way; I/we all have free will, right?  They don't really have the right to sue you or force you to obey the vegan way!  The same is true with "the world"  As a Christ follower, I have no business coercing you to the Christian way of life that you never signed up for.

I'm not called to save anyone; that's God's responsibility.  I'm only called to love, set an example like Christ did, love God.

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