One of the most challenging things as a Christian is how to express love, which we are clearly called to do, without endorsing what the Bible is clear is against the will of God. Far too often, we err on the side of condemning the sin, making others feel like we are rejecting them, rather than expressing love. Philip Yancey has some tremendous thoughts in "What's so Amazing About Grace?" (though some of what he says will be hard to digest for some).
Pastor Rick Warren took a stand against homosexual marriage recently. As a result, there was a demonstration headed for his church. Saddleback answered this way: serve the demonstrators water and donuts.
Supposedly, another person will be as impressed by one bad impression as by twelve good ones. If that is true, then if we want to get Jesus' message across acurately, we have a lot of water and donuts to serve. Or would we rather get a different message across?
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