THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE

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STARTING ON FRIDAY JANUARY 15TH A SIX DAY SERIES ON ANGER ON MY OTHER BLOG. SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS.

Peter set a precedent that night he denied Christ. A precedent that has been followed by untold numbers of Christians down through the centuries.

A call to weakness went out from that lonely vigil of a frightened man. “Play it safe. Don’t ruffle the waters. If denial will save your skin, then deny.”

Peter knew what he oughta do. He just didn’t wanna.

And so the decision went out, echoing down through the ages, to all Christians who are unsure of their Christianity. “When you are between a moral rock and hard place be a sneak, be a deserter, be a weasel, be a liar about your faith. Deny, deny, deny.

Don’t worry about what you ought to do. Concentrate only on what you don’t wanna do.

“Christ? Never heard of Him.” It is the message Christians send out into the world all the time. At work, at play. Silent in the face of obscenities.

Silent when an ethical concept is being battered, bruised and finally destroyed.

Silent when someone in a group makes disparaging remarks about a Jesus freak.

Silent! And silently thinking the words, I don’t wanna be brave for Christ because they, the agnostics, the occasional atheist, the lukewarm Christians will think less of me. They’ll think I’m a holy Joe.

God forbid.

When the 19th century evangelist Dwight L. Moody* was once criticized for his style of evangelism he simply replied, “I like my way of doing it better than your way of not doing it.”

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VISIT THE ABOVE SITE FOR A SIX DAY SERIES ON ANGER THAT BEGAN ON FRIDAY JANUARY 15TH

WHOEVER SAID FUSSING AND FUMING WAS BEST? (Jan 8)
HE COULD HAVE KILLED HIM BUT HE DIDN’T (Dec 28)
JUST AN ORDINARY INSECT (Dec 25)
ARE YOU WRITING HAPPINESS WITH FADING INK? (Dec 23)
HAVE YOU GONE BLIND OR IS IT THAT YOU JUST HAVEN’T OPENED YOUR EYES (DEC 11)
THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING IMPORTANCE (Dec 10)
DON’T LOSE YOUR PRAYER WHILE PRAYING (DEC 9)

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