CRAZY

It's not a secret that the world we live in is antagonistic to our beliefs about Jesus.  He told us they were going to be so that shouldn't surprise us.  Our values are rejected.  But how we respond to that is so important and critical to fulfilling Christ's mission on the earth.  Unfortunately, believers tend to respond in one of three (wrong) ways: 

A     We circle the wagons and say: 'Isn't it terrible the way they're living out there.'

B     We make condemning statements about the world, forgetting they are our mission field.

C     We let them 'evangelize' us.

 'Is this making anybody besides me crazy right now?'

A recent survey reveals that regular churchgoer stats are shockingly similar to general population stats ... i.e. ...
     Lottery ticket buying (Christians) --- 23%
     Lottery ticket buying (non-Christians) --- 27%

     Watched an R-rated movie (Christian) --- 79%
     Watched an R-rated movie (non-Christian) --- 87%

In fact, according to the survey, if you were to gather 100 people in a room - 50 believers and 50 unbelievers - and your assignment was to tell which were Christians just based on conversations about their activities in the past 30 days ... YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE!

Statistically speaking, Christians were just as likely as non-Christians to lie, steal something, visit a pornographic website, talk about someone behind their back, gamble ... is this making anybody besides me crazy right now?

If God is not honored as the One thru whom the whole life and power of the Gospel is shown, we are in big trouble.  We must obey Him and His Word, not just the parts we prefer.

And be blessed.