http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-146 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:23:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-146 I really don't think he meant it in a bad way, he probably just meant non-Christians. Heathen is probably more accurate (one of my roommates in the hospital proudly identified himself as a heathen) since paganism is also a religion.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-145 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:13:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-145 Case in point.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-143 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:42:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-143 Well, they don't act that different really. Maybe not worse, but not better either.
It's dissappointing because Christians are supposed to be different.
Han

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-144 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:18:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-144 He's got a bad attitude remember?

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-141 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:58:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-141 “Pagans.” Real nice.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-142 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:45:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-142 Han, the Christians you know personally act worse than everyone else out there?

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-140 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:54:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-140 I agree.
It's important when we come to a text not to lose sight of the forest when inspecting the trees.
I say this because it sounds like the sermon applied the service that Christ imparted to his apostles to “all” people. This is a misunderstanding of the text and devalues the sacrifical ethic Jesus was teaching his apostles before his death, and resurrection.
We as brothers and sisters in Christ are to server “each other” in a special way – Christ showing us as he washed his apostles feet. We do not serve pagans as we serve our brothers and sisters in Christ, we serve them as Christ showed us not only with word but in action.
Now this raises a crucial question – how should we as Christ follower's relate ethically to others that are not Christ follower's?
I believe the Bible teaches that we ought to love others as we love ourselves – giving to the needy, taking care of the widowed, and helping the orphan. This is the great call that God commanded Israel throughout the old testament, and James even says in his letter that this is “real” religion.
What's the difference between both examples – intimacy. How does intimacy affect the service of one another? To be continued.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/78/living-a-life-of-continual-service/comment-page-1#comment-139 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:54:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=78#comment-139 Hi there Hannibal,
I'm by no means an expert in this, and I'm not intending to be offensive, but wouldn't the people you are complaining about respond by saying, “Wonderful, you lead the way?”
That is what I keep hoping to see myself. I thought Christians were supposed to lead the world in that sense. As far as I can tell Christians act just like everyone else out there, maybe worse.
Thinking out loud here.
Cheers,
Han

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