I was talking to Steve earlier today about the recent mean-spirited blogs I’ve seen recently between Calvinists and Christ followers who are not Calvinists.  I’m not going to link to any of the blogs, but I find them quite ridiculous and they piss me off (which may indicate some needs in my own life), plus, I’m not looking for a lot of people getting on my back telling me how “I hate God because I feel this way” .  This is really just me thinking out loud.

I only share this because of the impact it has on Christian Culture.  I don’t think we have to agree with everyone who follows Christ and I’m not naive enough to believe that everyone who claims to “love God” is actually following Christ, but I’m having trouble finding evidence of where we are supposed to act unlike Christ towards other people in order to prove how much we know about Him.

And when people see the culture of Christianity as mean-spirited and divisive (even if it is in the name of truth), I don’t see God being glorified from that at all.  Maybe I’m blind, and maybe I’m mislead, who knows? 

I just wonder sometimes – whether I’m healthy, like I am now, or I’m sick and about to pass on to the afterlife – what’s the most important thing I could be doing as a part of a Christ following culture? 

Should I be fighting about his Word?

Or should I be living them out?

This article was a cultural thought written for Randy Elrod’s Watercooler Wednesday.