tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272767998060451436.post8287544065397687233..comments2023-05-18T05:10:27.152-06:00Comments on I got a secret...: Atheist at Bible Campyetihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11063558865333842640noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272767998060451436.post-65535787196332763722013-08-06T10:56:43.381-06:002013-08-06T10:56:43.381-06:00People can go to the extreme on either side, yes. ...People can go to the extreme on either side, yes. But people can also be prideful on either side too. One one hand, there's nothing wrong with having money - it's how you use it and view it. Rich people need Jesus too. And it's easy for poor believers to think they're better than wealthy ones because of the fact that they're poor. Both the rich and the poor, believers and non can idolize money. Shaine Claiborne and Bethel serve the same God; they're saved by the same Jesus. Should wealthy churches do more for the poor? Yes...but so should not-so-wealthy churches. It's also important to remember that different people have different calls of God on their lives, and so do different churches. Some churches might be called to be large churches and do the things and have the ministries they have; others may called to be and do ministry differently. Yes, as believers we all have been given the same commands, but God still has different things for us each to do within that. We need to remember that we are one church at the end of the day, and we as believers are all - whether we have money or not - brothers and sisters in Christ. As for "Christianity," my advice would be to not get so hung up on it as an entity. It's just a word used to describe followers of Christ - that's all. Yes, it has a culture to it, but oh well. I think sometimes when we try to disassociate ourselves from a "label," it leads to another "label" and so forth. We don't want to be associated with one thing or person, so we try to associate ourselves with another, often whether we realize it or not. Personally, I've learned to stop trying to fight the label and honestly, I've just embraced it. It's made everything in my life a lot better and a whole lot more simple. Just follow Christ. Focus on Him. There's no such thing as a perfect church, but we as THE Church are made perfect in Him. :)Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058232228314973136noreply@blogger.com