Pilgrim Soldier

Why do we seem to need to copy the world so much? Why do we need to take things that are relevant to the world and devalue the Gospel by using them to communicate it’s truth? Why do we attack individuals when we should be questioning structures instead?

The reason I ask these questions is because in the last two days I’ve read a couple of entries on other blogs that have raised questions about similar subjects. One was looking at Christian clothing that spoofs well known brands, such as Coca-Cola, and uses the logo to ’sell’ the Gospel. There is an interesting conversation going on about it over at the post on The Forgotten Ways. I particularly felt that the idea of thinking about how we would feel if the companies whose logos/look get spoofed, did an advert using the Cross. I suspect we might not think that’s clever.

You can find the other entry over at Phil Laeger’s blog. He saw an advert on yet another site and one of the comments stood out. Go over there and read what he has to say.

It made me think about the dangers involved in trying to work out where I am going in my faith. I struggle with some of the aspects of The Salvation Army and other established churches because of the barriers that seem to get put in the way of meeting with Jesus. The reality is though that there are a huge number of genuine Christians, who love the Lord with all their heart, mind, will and strength. When we start to point fingers at a particular type of Christian we are getting into the area that Jesus talks about in Matthew 7:3.

Whilst there is nothing wrong with questioning some of the things that make up any particular expression of Church, we need to understand that if we attack it then people may get hurt by our attack. I have the right to question structures, but never the right to parody or attack individuals.