Comments on: Active wondering… http://www.journeyguy.com/active-wondering/ Life, adventure and faith in southwest Virginia Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:58:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lou Arnold http://www.journeyguy.com/active-wondering/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Lou Arnold Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://1002160359#comment-380 When I read further in the article, it gave the verse Col. 4:5-6. "Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out" So often we want to throw the words of Jesus at people without even realizing who they are or what they are about. All we know is that they are not Christians. Who cares what their religion is? We turn many people away from Christ like this. We must respect them and their religion if we want to to respect ours and listen to what we have to say. Reading the article and the story about the angry mob of Israel shiites and the American soldiers goes to prove what a little respect and being open to other views can cause. Lives were saved because of the armies openness to the other religion. They have now open the door of Christianity for all to see. When I read further in the article, it gave the verse Col. 4:5-6. “Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don’t miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out”

So often we want to throw the words of Jesus at people without even realizing who they are or what they are about. All we know is that they are not Christians. Who cares what their religion is? We turn many people away from Christ like this. We must respect them and their religion if we want to to respect ours and listen to what we have to say. Reading the article and the story about the angry mob of Israel shiites and the American soldiers goes to prove what a little respect and being open to other views can cause. Lives were saved because of the armies openness to the other religion. They have now open the door of Christianity for all to see.

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