Friday, July 29, 2005

A Friday Quote
This one a few weeks ago from Bruderhof.com caused me to stop and think.

Worse Than No Christianity
J. Heinrich Arnold

Discipleship means complete dedication. It demands everything - the whole heart, the whole mind, and the whole of life, including one's time, energy, and property - for the cause of love. Half-hearted Christianity is worse than no Christianity.
I would guess that is what it meant in Revelation 3 when the church at Laodicea was told:
"I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth."
It has always been a challenging thought. To add this new interpretation to it makes it even more so.

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