And no, I’m not bugging your house…

I recently had a 5pt calvinist tell me that some “in his camp” said he wasn’t saved because he believed I was. My response was “!!?!??!” One of the things I evaluate when looking at technology is what the extreme end of its us is. McLuhan pointed out that technology tends to revert at its extreme. Example: Cell phones break up connectivity when they interrupt conversations instead of enhance connectivity. Perhaps theology could also be seen like this. Does the extreme end of a theological position lead to action contrary to its objective. If we’re trying to know God and become judgmental or lack fear of Him haven’t we reached that point?

Anyway, I’m fond of your suggestion. To pick a side in some of these debates is to lose. Perhaps even to enter the debate is to lose. I’ve been fond lately of saying I believe both and neither.

there are a lot of other words or phrases which are just as powerful to me: “Faith”, “Love”, “Belief”, “Promise”. however, I think one of the most powerful directives we are given in the Bible is to “become more and more like Christ”. and no matter how we try to spin it, we can only become more like Christ if we change, putting Him first, changing our heart, our mind, our emotions.

If I wake up tomorrow and nothing about me (my thoughts, beliefs, faith, convictions) has changed, then how could I ever claim to be more like Christ?

follow God’s Plan

“follow” because it isn’t something that should stop or end on this side of the grave.
“God’s” because it isn’t about me so much as it is about God (and I need something to describe the plan)
“Plan” because He has laid out the principles and standards to direct my future

Of course, what’s missing is “why”, and that’s why I currently hold the position that you can’t share the gospel in 140 characters (twitter). I also hold that position because I’m part of the generation that eschews labels and therefore I probably should, for consistency sake, simply be proving the illegitimacy of the original question, but I’ll refrain, cause I like you and you used dd for the drive imaging so you’re cool.