I hate it when Christians spend so much time telling everyone what they are against that its unclear what they are actually for. When sharing the message of salvation with someone, topics of evolution and abortion are completely irrelevant to the discussion — yet I’ve seen Christians try to evangelize by arguing about abortion.
I hate it when individual Christians do the same thing — usually its in the form of negative talk. Let’s pick our battles carefully. Yesterday I threw together a funny list of stuff I’m against; I intentionally didn’t spend a lot of time on it. Here’s todays list of the top ten things I am for:
10) Bible memorization.
9) Tithes and offerings.
8 ) Expressive Worship.
7) Budgets.
6) Honesty.
5) Church growth.
4) Attitude and Motive.
3) The Ministry of the Holy Spirit.
2) Mentoring through relationship.
1) Salvation.
I will discuss each of these ten things in more detail in the next ten blog posts.
Hmm…I look forward to your development of each of the items listed!
I don’t know the thought process behind your list, so these concepts may already be included, but I would add: Godly justice (in place of budgets), unity of the body of Christ and celebration of its amazing diversity (in addendum to attitude and motive), and Kingdom of God growth (in place of church growth).
But, again, I don’t know your actual thoughts, and we may have slightly different perspectives (which is really a chance to grow in disguise!). So, I’m looking forward to your expounded thoughts.