Comments on: world religions, single-serving http://www.steeplesandpeople.com/blog/2005/12/10/world-religions-single-serving/ when faith like a child isn't enough Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Zeke http://www.steeplesandpeople.com/blog/2005/12/10/world-religions-single-serving/#comment-6 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:10:00 +0000 http://www.steeplesandpeople.com/blog/2005/12/10/world-religions-single-serving/#comment-6 I did some volunteer work for <a HREF="http://friendships.org/" rel="nofollow">Friend Ships</A>, and they tell a story of a woman from a local Buddhist temple who would come over to their facility and serve them with quiet friendliness, doing menial work and asking for nothing. They would try to preach to her, and always she just politely nodded and returned to her service. Eventually they realized that she was <I>living out to them</I> what they were preaching to her. So we should be. I did some volunteer work for Friend Ships, and they tell a story of a woman from a local Buddhist temple who would come over to their facility and serve them with quiet friendliness, doing menial work and asking for nothing. They would try to preach to her, and always she just politely nodded and returned to her service. Eventually they realized that she was living out to them what they were preaching to her. So we should be.

]]> by: pd http://www.steeplesandpeople.com/blog/2005/12/10/world-religions-single-serving/#comment-5 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.steeplesandpeople.com/blog/2005/12/10/world-religions-single-serving/#comment-5 i think you're right. as christians we need to engage in real dialouge with world religions, not just window shopping. of course, dialouge scares some people because they fear being "influenced by the evil one." however, i think that dialouge is just that- a discussion that furthers understanding and empathy. i think the issue of how bible college is done is another problem all together. the model of "year one: destroy faith, year two: purge the remains, year three &#38; four: rebuild faith stronger than before" only works for those who go for 3 or 4 years. i think you’re right. as christians we need to engage in real dialouge with world religions, not just window shopping. of course, dialouge scares some people because they fear being “influenced by the evil one.” however, i think that dialouge is just that- a discussion that furthers understanding and empathy.

i think the issue of how bible college is done is another problem all together. the model of “year one: destroy faith, year two: purge the remains, year three & four: rebuild faith stronger than before” only works for those who go for 3 or 4 years.

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