I’ve been writing this blog off and on for about a half month now and no one has left a comment online—yet. It’s fairly simple: You click on the “comment” link at the end of each day’s blog and you sign in and leave your message. You need to register first with Blogger.com but it’s very easy—you just need a name and a password. That way, no one else can leave a comment and attach your name to it. You approve of what you say and when you say it.
If you want to email me a comment instead, please email me at cynthianna @ hotmail.com (without the spaces). Please type “Christians Crawling” (or something along those lines) in the subject line so I don’t accidentally delete your message. I receive tons of spam email daily, you see. I go through my email box and delete lots of messages without reading them first since I assume they’re junk mail if the person sending it or the subject line doesn’t ring a bell. It saves time.
But I’d love to hear from you. Maybe you’d like to make a “guest appearance” here some day? Run your piece by me and I’ll give it every consideration.
The reasons this blog isn’t called Onward Christian Soldiers are:
1) It’s the title of a wonderful old Christian hymn and I wouldn’t want to confuse people, and
2) It doesn’t accurately describe the way modern day Christians operate.
Christians today don’t “march” as in “Onward Christian Soldiers, marching as to war”. Christians today don’t possess that kind of zeal, that intestinal fortitude to band together to help spread the Gospel throughout the world—or even their suburban neighborhood—like their ancestors did.
Christians today try hard to be “politically correct.” They try not to “insult” people by telling them that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life and the only way to the Father. Oh, no. We can’t say that. It wouldn’t be very nice. So Christians today bow to public pressure and worry what the neighbors will think if they’re caught wearing a cross or seen outside of a church building.
In short, Christians in the 21st century act like sell-outs.
But the message of Acts 1:8 still persists: “Go tell all nations…”
So, some Christians “crawl” out of their comfortable suburban existence (their “comfort zones”) and attempt to share the Good News with others on occasion. But as soon as things get “scary” or “non-PC” they shut down and hem and haw.
“I’d love to share the Gospel with those who haven’t heard it,” they cry. “But what will people think of me? Shouldn’t we tone it down a bit? Just tell them that ‘God is love’ and welcome them to a potluck dinner?”
Sigh… I guess it’s better than nothing. Still, what would Jesus think of Christians today? Would He appreciate our cowardice? Would he believe that we truly love Him?
At least the apostle Peter had the guts to slice off a guard’s ear in Gethsemane when he thought his Lord’s life was threatened… But I suspect most Christians today can relate better to Peter when he denied Christ three times before the rooster crowed.
P.S.
Here’s a link to some Christians who aren’t afraid to crawl out of their comfort zones:
Sudan Surprise: Christians Help Persecuted Muslims
Christians are reaching out to bring help to their former persecutors.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/CWN/040805darfur.asp
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