tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000642393175378494.post6926039788251820481..comments2023-09-15T04:44:05.493-07:00Comments on Crumbs at the Feast: Sign of JonahNeil Ellis Ortshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12055904122133673244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000642393175378494.post-72472626683291471352009-09-05T06:55:36.127-07:002009-09-05T06:55:36.127-07:00Yep, you take it to the logical extremes. (To the ...Yep, you take it to the logical extremes. (To the extremes? Not our Miles!) <br /><br />What you say reminds me of St Francis: "Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words."Neil Ellis Ortshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055904122133673244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000642393175378494.post-52879203965194510512009-09-04T22:10:39.078-07:002009-09-04T22:10:39.078-07:00Excellent point, brother, but I think it goes even...Excellent point, brother, but I think it goes even deeper. I think there are multiple levels here. Even if I would not want anyone to reject the Good News, would I want them in my local congregation? Would I want them in my small group? Would I want them on my ministry team? Would I want them at my dinner table? Would I take communion with them? Would I be willing to share a bed with them if there were nowhere else to sleep but, say, outside on the frozen ground? Would I give them mouth to mouth resuscitation?<br /><br />I need to think about where I draw the line for someone, and why? What is Christ's love in each case?<br /><br />I have no choice as a Christian but to want them to accept Christ; to do otherwise seems to me antichrist. But beyond that, when am I "taking a stand for holiness" as it were, and when am I seimply being self-righteous, selfish, fearful, or otherwise foolish?roadkills-r-ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029861300358380117noreply@blogger.com