We talked about "How do we live as strangers in a strange land?" as we looked at a couple of stories from Daniel. Jerry made a great point about the issue of allegiance. Living as strangers in a strange land doesn't mean we are weird in the superficially and unnecessarily weird things, but weird in the way that we don't buy into the ideas and values and allegiances of the foreign culture.
How do we live as strangers in a strange land? The same way we are to live at home. We are citizens of heaven, so I'm told. So we live as good citizens of heaven--redemptive counter-communities in this world, bringing heaven here.
One last thought--not exactly related. There is a Christian music group that identifies themselves as "a Christian parody band" (I won't mention the name). I thought that to be an unfortunate irony. When you study Revelation, you will see that the world that is opposed to God is a parody of the people of God. How has it come to this; that the church must be a parody of the world? With all do respect to the fans of this band and the creative effort put into their music, perhaps it is time we stop trying to make parodies of the world. Can we instead invest our creative energy and resources into things that will actually help in the healing of the world? What do I know? Maybe rewording Limp Bizkit and Rolling Stones songs is helping in God's redemptive plan for the world...
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