Ronald J. Sider is kind of a modern-day hero for me. He wrote the book "Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger" - a book that spoke to me in so many different ways and has allowed me to find, what I believe, is my life mission, the vision for what I believe God has called me to do and be. That's a story for another time, but I do have to say I am eternally grateful for Ron Sider writing that book.
Anyway, I found a great article by Sider on beliefnet. Two quotes from the article probably disturbed me the most:
- In the last ten years, several million of the most devout American evangelical youth have signed the “True Love Waits” pledge to abstain from sexual activity until marriage—but a massive recent study found that 88% had broken their promise.
- And when it comes to racism, Lord have mercy. In a Gallup poll survey on how people respond to having a black neighbor, evangelicals were more racist than everybody else.
For me, this article is a continuance of the article I read in Harper's Magazine that I talked about several months ago. We as evangelicals certainly do not practice what we preach. Brennan Manning said something that speaks to this, in fact, it's on DC Talk's CD "Jesus Freak":
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is…..Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
Enough said.
You can read the article here.
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I read another of Snider's books, JUST GENEROSITY, about poverty in America and the world, and Christianity's call to affect it. Very convicting, though quite dull reading in my own tastes.
Here in the Nati, I know that racism is a very real issue. We have several racists at this school. The movie CRASH is not fiction; it's as real as it gets. Just spend a week down here and try to say otherwise. It's sickening.
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