tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post6708693778525552440..comments2023-08-15T14:13:25.881+01:00Comments on The Simple Pastor: Do evangelicals need a more thorough conversion?Phil Whittallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924050376023993196noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post-65818707993846528892009-04-03T10:51:00.000+01:002009-04-03T10:51:00.000+01:00I think the danger is we get locked on one facet o...I think the danger is we get locked on one facet of Christian discipline or life, and neglect other areas. <BR/><BR/>Seems to me, it's a question of balance. - Money, and how we spend it, is an important question but more important is how we live for God in every area of our life. How we treat people, how we serve God, how we love God, how we look after the poor, how we nurture the week, how we maintain fellowship with God's family, how we reach the lost, how we dress, how we speak, how we act, how we think... all these are important.<BR/><BR/>Much of what we talk about is related to making our old self complicit to the nature of Christ, yet, if we truly believe our old self is gone, if we truly believe we have been born again, if we dwell with the spirit, and if we meditate on the word, don't the fruits of a life spent in and with Christ conform more readily to his nature?<BR/><BR/>We need to be very careful then not to simply attempt to reprogram ourselves by practice of actions (though practice does lead to improvement), rather to understand and pursue our identity and nature in Christ. The Jesus can indeed be Lord.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00228596811457939815noreply@blogger.com