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I& #39;ve felt this before, and I do think there can be undo pressure to make sure one& #39;s Christian life is different from every conceivable non-Christian in a way that& #39;s immediately noticeable from looking at a list of moral commitments/activities.
I do think Christ brings a lot of unique changes, and I do wonder whether a lot of Christians might gain something by being more generous with money, forgiveness, etc. etc.
just saying that I think the primary reference should be Christ and not a bar set by a Society.
just saying that I think the primary reference should be Christ and not a bar set by a Society.
especially true when you live among non-Christians who have similar commitments. Jews and Muslims have a lot of similar ideas; some non-religious and vaguely deistic folk adhere to a more conservative sexual ethic, etc.
obviously there& #39;s something to "holding out the word of life *as you shine like stars in the universe*," but also sometimes Christ& #39;s commands seem like pretty basic stuff.
reserve sex for your spouse, be generous to the poor, speak kindly and not maliciously, worship God from a pure heart, offer all kinds of prayers and petitions to God, speak the truth to one another in love, etc. Nothing necessarily heroic there.
not saying it& #39;s never costly, risky, or difficult. it can be deadly, even! but there& #39;s a certain frame of mind in which one looks at it all and says, "Is that really it? Anyone might do those things!"
not to bog this thread down in a fraught past that for many of us is already slipping away, but I do think the "as a Christian you should stand out" teaching that a lot of us got has a weird vagueness to it.
Stand out when? Where? Compared to what or whom? On what scale, to who& #39;s eyes?
