Courage or Compromise

It's one thing to be a narrow-minded, self-righteous delusionary and quite another to be a coward. To be clear, I cannot support compromise in theology. The minute we try and "water down" the Bible to make it acceptable to the world, we have lost our witness, our testimony, our "light"!

There are reports of Christians, so-called Christians who are nothing but vile hypocrites, who make racist, completely bigoteous, or statements and who are so repulsive to the world that many turn away from God altogether. Such people are those who are concerned and obsessed with being "right", in drawing lines and closing themselves in from all the pollution and corruption in the world, but whose doctrines are poison and whose gods are themselves.

On the other hand, there are so-called Christians who cannot be distinguished from the world altogether, who think the Bible must reflect the changing times and who think it is their place to "accept" and "celebrate" what God calls abominations and wickedness, who rewrite the Bible under the slightest of pressure so that they may be lauded by men.

It all boils down to two things - do we love God and love our neighbour, even when those two commandments are in seeming opposition?

I'd completely recommend the following article:
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/in-the-line-of-fire/read/articles/what-do-we-do-when-loving-god-conflicts-with-loving-our-neighbor-16316.html

Unless we struggle with the issues ourselves, unless we are confronted by conflict, our words are empty. We must overcome these struggles so that we walk can in the grace, mercy and love of God and yet not compromise even a foothold to worldly deception.