They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love. Or will they?
Last night I heard Simple Truth, a contemporary Christian band, play in the park downtown. I enjoy their music, but one of the songs they played always disturbs me a bit: "They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love." It's a nice song alright, but will they? Will they know we are Christians by our love? I think not.
It seems to me that Christians, for the most part, aren't any more loving than anybody else. George Barna, director of the Barna Group, which conducts research to track Christian attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, says, "If Jesus Christ came to this planet as a model of how we ought to live, then our goal should be to act like Jesus. Sadly, few people consistently demonstrate the love, obedience and priorities of Jesus."
They won't know us by our love, will they? What can we do to make our love distinguish us from non-Christians? What can each of us personally do? What can we do to help our fellow Christians who also struggle with this?
It seems to me that Christians, for the most part, aren't any more loving than anybody else. George Barna, director of the Barna Group, which conducts research to track Christian attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, says, "If Jesus Christ came to this planet as a model of how we ought to live, then our goal should be to act like Jesus. Sadly, few people consistently demonstrate the love, obedience and priorities of Jesus."
They won't know us by our love, will they? What can we do to make our love distinguish us from non-Christians? What can each of us personally do? What can we do to help our fellow Christians who also struggle with this?
posted by Jim Allyn at 8/26/2006 03:15:00 PM
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