Comments on: From Self-Sacrifice to Self-Fulfillment and Back Again

By: Jake T

Jake T — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:44:59 +0000

this is a question I’ve been asking for a while, and one that I’m a bit troubled to look in the face: why doesn’t the church look that much different than the world?

I’d like to read what Sider has to say.

A similar question that I’d like answered by somebody who’s as smart as they are unbiased is: ‘did the church really look as different from the world in our grandparents’ day as we like to think that it did?’

My stereotypes, like yours, say yes, but a bit of common sense in me says no…I’d love to hear some sort of radically different (and well researched) perspective.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:35:49 +0000

Churches become dispensible and leaving is an option for everything from song style to the color of the carpet.

This is something that has bothered me for a long time. How can there be any reconciliation if we are so willing to just find somewhere else to go to church rather than deal with “the problem”? Whatever that problem is.

Josh
“…the word of God is not bound.”
–2 Timothy 2:9

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:13:05 +0000

Good post. �Life, liberty and my own happiness.� “Self-Sacrifice vs. Self-Fulfillment.” Good summary, and true. Christmas-time is a good time to observe these opposing attitudes, too. It either brings out the selfless giver in a person, or the selfish getter.

Hope you’re feeling better. Merry Christmas!