liberal or conservative?
Yesterday I posted something on someone's blog, and they responded with something like, "All of these emerging church people are really just political liberals."
Regardless of where I find myself at any moment on the political spectrum, here's something that amazes me: I am first and foremost a follower of Jesus. The person who labeled me as a liberal is also a follower of Jesus. YET, he used political terms to define my biblical position on specific things that are of importance to me and to the ways of Jesus.
In other words, it was important that he label me in order to minimalize my position... I am beginning to believe that Christ followers in America will have a very limited ability to be heard by society unless we are willing to suggest that the ways of Jesus (and the kingdom of God) are not embodied by one political party.
And labeling other Christians as liberals or conservatives does nothing to speak honestly about our cause.
2 comments:
sometimes my question is Are so-called liberals less literal in their understanding of the scriptures and are the 'conservatives' too legalistic? That has been my general observation in the past, but of course there are always exceptions and that is a generalization.
Anonymous,
I agreee that your evaluation is often correct... BUT... When I hear this kind of thing said about emergent (village) type churches, I know it's usually not the case. While I may be a social liberal, I have never taken the Scriptures as seriously as I do now. i.e. Our community is studying Mark, and it looks like it will take us nearly a year to complete the study... amazingly good stuff!
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