Life is all about conflict, conflict of ideas, perspectives, and it is these various conflicts in both the world and our personal lives that spur the initiation of progress. With no conflict, life will remain in a constant state of stagnation. Though the theory of dialectics applies mainly to history, it seems that the same thoughts concerning conflict and collision appear to be integral to the Christian faith as well. And, it is the lack of proper acknowledgment of the notion of conflict that stymies the growth of an organized institution, whether it is a church or fellowship. of Christianity.
Conflict, in fact, is at the heart of Christianity. The very ideas that are taught by Jesus collide with the beliefs of the world. However, through years and years of the institutionalization of the teachings of Jesus, the notion of conflict has seemingly been extracted. No longer do we strive for conflict with the secular, but we now strive for comfort. Essentially, a good majority of Christians assimilate themselves into the world. And, it is this act of assimilation that eliminates any possibility of progress.
Personally, I feel as if AACF has focused too much on the comfort rather than the conflict. And, with the elimination of conflict, there is the resultant loss of progress. And the cost of a loss of progress is the eradication of any sort growth. And, that pisses me off
Ugh. My thoughts aren't very coherent. It is late.
2 comments:
hello. what do you mean by comfort and conflict -- what do those things look like in practice?
I think that's very true.
People are too obsessed with comfort and with too much comfort, people become stagnant in their growth. Mm.. i likey-ed your post. More, more!
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