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Good morning Snippy and everyone at the Foxhole.
March 10, 2005
Rabbits are timid creatures that pop out of their holes every morning, try to avoid everything (except other rabbits), eat their food, and jump back into their holes in the evening. "Whew! We made it through another day," they'd say if they could talk.
Rabbit-hole Christians are a lot like that. They eat lunch with other Christians at work and relate almost exclusively with fellow-believers in their church. They avoid socializing with unbelievers and wouldn't think of accepting an invitation to one of their parties. No wonder unbelievers equate being a Christian with a kind of aloof self-righteousness.
No one could say that about Jesus. He actually invited Himself to the home of Zacchaeus, a notorious tax collector. His congeniality among disreputable people earned Him the title of "a friend of tax collectors and sinners" (Matthew 11:19). He reached out to such people because He knew He couldn't help them without becoming their friend. Jesus never said anything He shouldn't have said, nor did He laugh at off-color stories. He won people's respect by caring for them.
Jesus has equipped us with the Holy Spirit and assured us that He'll be with us so we can follow His example. Let's guard against being rabbit-hole Christians. -Herb Vander Lugt
Jesus leaves us in the world to be a witness to the world.
A swabbie prepares to hoist the colors aboard Old Ironsides.
Good morning everyone. Thanks for the article. A very good read. As I was reading it, the movie "Young Guns" came to mind. I was mentally comparing the two and think that even with a little bit of Hollywierd artistic license, they pretty much kept in line historically.
Cheers!
free dixie HUGS,duckie/sw
Good afternoon, I've got my camera ready to go for tomorrow. Doors open at 6:30 am. I plan to be there before then.
Reporting in late. I had to cook tonight . . . the Quisidillas were a success.
I'm embarrassed to say that until tonight my understanding of the Lincoln County War were the movies Chisolm + Young Buns Guns! But that's not as bad as thinking that George C. Scott was actually Patton. ;^)