IS CHRISTIANITY SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
by Bob Wickizer
Scripture: Proverbs 22:1-2, Proverbs 22:8-9, Proverbs 22:22-23, Psalms 125:1-5, James 2:1-17, Mark 7:24-37
Title: Is Christianity Singular or Plural?
Author: Bob Wickizer
Text: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 125; James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17; Mark 7:24-37
How has your week been? Did you help anyone? Did you show mercy to anyone? Did you manage to forgive someone who just annoyed the heck out of you? Or did you show favoritism deferring to someone who offered you a better deal? It can be a good practical and spiritual practice to reflect on your activities every week. See how well your heart, your words, and your actions line up with God's desire for you.
One of the things I enjoy at the winery is meeting and talking to all kinds of people. We see people from all over the United States as well as international travelers every now and then. I learn what their lives are like, why they traded a single family home for a life on the road. Why young families home school their children, and why retired couples laugh about spending their children's inheritance in a lavish life on the move. It's fun to hear their stories, but I was unprepared for a visitor last week.
He was an older gentleman named Bill. He had been a pipefitter and welder working on major construction projects all over the country. He looked at me with a kind of earnestness that presaged something really important. He told me that he "transitioned." I looked back at him thinking of all the modern transgender uses of the term, and nothing fit. I racked my brain trying to understand what he meant. Interrupting my own awkward silence, I asked "Transitioned from what?" He said he transitioned from a Methodist to a Baptist.
His answer was only partially satisfying as I now wanted to know why this was so important to him. So, I asked. And he began a long explanation of how he had been saved and re-baptized. Everything he said was conveyed with a serious demeanor implying that he believed everything he said was absolutely true, and that I should believe it as well. He started with, "I believe the ...
Author: Bob Wickizer
Text: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 125; James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17; Mark 7:24-37
How has your week been? Did you help anyone? Did you show mercy to anyone? Did you manage to forgive someone who just annoyed the heck out of you? Or did you show favoritism deferring to someone who offered you a better deal? It can be a good practical and spiritual practice to reflect on your activities every week. See how well your heart, your words, and your actions line up with God's desire for you.
One of the things I enjoy at the winery is meeting and talking to all kinds of people. We see people from all over the United States as well as international travelers every now and then. I learn what their lives are like, why they traded a single family home for a life on the road. Why young families home school their children, and why retired couples laugh about spending their children's inheritance in a lavish life on the move. It's fun to hear their stories, but I was unprepared for a visitor last week.
He was an older gentleman named Bill. He had been a pipefitter and welder working on major construction projects all over the country. He looked at me with a kind of earnestness that presaged something really important. He told me that he "transitioned." I looked back at him thinking of all the modern transgender uses of the term, and nothing fit. I racked my brain trying to understand what he meant. Interrupting my own awkward silence, I asked "Transitioned from what?" He said he transitioned from a Methodist to a Baptist.
His answer was only partially satisfying as I now wanted to know why this was so important to him. So, I asked. And he began a long explanation of how he had been saved and re-baptized. Everything he said was conveyed with a serious demeanor implying that he believed everything he said was absolutely true, and that I should believe it as well. He started with, "I believe the ...
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