Powerful thoughts from GinkWorld The

Powerful thoughts from GinkWorld
The question was asked: “aren’t there just some hard questions Christianity just can’t answer?”. Ginkworld posted this great response:

I believe Christian teachings have the answer to all life problems; we just don’t want to hear the teachings. No matter the problem, Christian teaching can help; we just don’t like the answers. Most of the time people who want to deny Christ’s teachings do so because they say they are too “simplistic.” But let’s face it, everything is simple; Jesus teaches that we should personally care for those in need, but we don’t. You see, the problem is not the teachings it’s the followers. People want to complain and do noting, or they want to write a check and do nothing, or worse yet, they expect others to do it for them.

What is the easiest way to end hunger? Simple, invite a hungry person over to share your food. What is the easiest way to solve the homeless issue? Simple, invite a homeless person over your house and give them a place to stay. You see, it’s not that Christianity does not teach how to deal with these issues; it is that those who claim to be a follower do not truly follow. Why do we make the issue so complicated? But people will say, “I don’t have to invite a homeless person over to live with me to show I care, I can write a check to the shelter. That is why we have shelters, so we can care for them there.” Care? How does that show you care? What it shows is a willingness to make your life less dirty, more linier, but I do not see how one cares. You see, we don’t like opening our homes, we don’t like sharing what we have worked so hard for, we don’t like breaking our little routine with human drama. So you see, it is not that Christianity does not have the answers to hard questions – it’s that Christians don’t want to live by the answers.

I wish more of us (myself included) would wrestle with questions like this more.

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