Sorry, Anne
Posted by admin on July 30, 2010 under Jeffs Blog | 
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Anne Rice quits Christianity ( http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/30/anne-rice-leaves-christianity/?hpt=Sbin ).
That won’t mean much to some in the the Bible belt states, but it’s a sad moment for me.
I mean, let’s lay it all out on the table;
Christians are supposed to save the world (See the Great Commission), right?
Anne Rice makes a huge 180 degree turn in her life and changes her view from staunch Athiesm to Christianity (Catholic to be exact. Just sayin’), and after 10 years of trying to fit in to the “Christian” culture of, “Here’s a list of things you need to adhere to,” she felt like she wasn’t making the grade, and quits. That’s a sad state of affairs for Christianity, they can’t keep what God helped them catch.
When did Christian groups feel that the changes the Holy Spirit works on in our lives wasn’t good enough, so then people, lists, dogmas and voting for a particular political party was a better litmus test of spiritual change?
I’ve seen it over and over. It’s not enough for someone to become a Christian, they have to dress the part, talk the part, think the part and act the part.
See, here is the funny part, the more Christians create this, “We are perfect, and therefore you need to be just like us to be in the “right” Christian club,” the more failed Christians get caught, exposed in the news, all the time. Shall I mention names?
See, that’s why we need to be Christ-like, not other Christians like. We’ll get back to this later.
Have you read any of the gospels? The disciples weren’t robots who said exactly what Jesus said or did. Peter. Hello?
Have you read Hebrews 11? Some of those people weren’t upstanding “Bible Belt” verified Christians. Should I go down the list for you of what those people did? Note: They are Champions of Faith. Think about that.
Christians need to re-read the Great Commission, let the Holy Spirit change people on his timetable and finally, Christians need to get a whole lot more loving, real fast.
Christians are Christ like, not “just like other Christians”. I want to say that again. Christians are to be Christ like, not to be “just like other Christians”.
Christians, have you read about Jesus? Really? He wouldn’t picket, scream, yell, toss in his allegiance to a political party, post Fox News posts over and over again on Facebook, boycott or hate. He wouldn’t.
If Christians would read about Jesus, and act like him – they could complete what the Great Commission commands them to do in a better shape than what’s happening now.
Until then, we will have more people who love God, and want to connect to him, but will end up being shunned by God’s followers, and leaving. Thankfully Anne Rice, stuck with God, but not the label of a “Christian”.
Sorry, Anne. I’m trying to make it better.
