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As a society, as individual people, we don't need more analysis; we don't need another systematic political framework.
Our deficit is not in understanding, but in motivation. We need repentance, renewal and a fresh start. This can only come from without, not within (because what is within is the problem).
Become Christian, say that you are Christian - say it to yourself, then to others.
Leave aside further questions (like which church, or whether any church at all) until after you are self-acknowledged a Christian. Things will be different, things will happen, after you are a Christian - but only after.
Say it: do it. It is absolutely necessary.
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I've been a christian for almost two years,but I'm afraid telling others will make me an outcast.
ReplyDeleteVery timely and very direct.
ReplyDeleteI'm sort of a Christian- no kind of orthodox one- and I spend some time trying to explain to pagan and atheist nationalists that official Christianity is not real Christianity, but that is very hard to do.
ReplyDeleteChristianity is so co-opted by the system that any church with a building is almost certainly subverted. The best thing I think I can say is read the Gospel of Mark- written for non-Jews- and decide for yourself.
@dl - If you can say that, then you have crossed the line, and I am not worried about *you*...!
ReplyDeleteIf others can say what you have just said then that will suffice - it is a first step, just a first step - but probably in itself sufficient (if it can be held-to).