Christians Make Me Sick when they are judgmental, hypocritical, self-centered, weird and just plain stupid. You know the ones who think it’s all about them, their style of worship, their style of music, their style of dress… They only want to hang out with people who look like them, people who act like them and people who have the same supercilious attitude they have. Heaven forbid them being willing interact with prostitutes, bar-hoppers, addicts, homeless, poor, prison inmates, individuals whom are of “The World…” you know, the least of these.
Do you know some Christians who make you sick? Are you sometimes that Christian that makes yourself sick? Personally, I am sometimes that Christian who makes myself sick; however I try to be that Christian that honors what Christ teaches, which is the antithesis of everything I have just discussed. Here are some thoughts and questions to ponder:
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When was the last time you had a conversation with someone who was poor, homeless, drug-addicted, incarcerrated and “Of the World?”
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When was the last time that you or your church contributed your time, resources or money towards doing something significant for a needy part of your community?
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When you go to church is it all about what you can get, or is it about what you can give?
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Does the term “Seeker Church” seem weird or refer to someonelse’s ministry and not yours?
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Have you shared your faith with someone today or this week?
It’s time to get sick and tired of sick and tired Christians; however at the end of the day we must pray that God will change their our heart. Do Christians Make You Sick? Share your thoughts!
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20 Comments Received
January 6th, 2009 @2:11 am
Wow, I can actualy say yes to many of them now that I am at WABC (still working on the seeker sensitive stuff….you know how hard it is to change "tradition" in the black baptist church). Thanks Scott for the reminder of what we should be doing.
January 6th, 2009 @4:09 am
i am an antitheist . Nice post ,dude
January 5th, 2009 @11:41 pm
Nice post Scott. I wish I could come up with great titles like you do!
January 6th, 2009 @4:53 am
I am that Christian sometimes… That last one kinda gets me… I remember about a month ago, I was on the eliptical at the gym and a guy came up and started working out alongside me. He started asking all about me (to which now I figured out was him hitting on me) I shared my faith with him and told him about LifeChurch.tv, but I'd still like to share with more people about what Christ has done and is doing in my life…
January 7th, 2009 @3:03 am
Good thoughts. I chatted with a guy who randomly ended up at the LC internet campus. He said he didn't go to church anymore because the people he met were hypocrites. Ouch! I wonder how many times we (I) get in the way of the work God wants completed.
January 7th, 2009 @3:10 am
"supercilious"… now that's a ten dollar word…
so much for two cents!
January 7th, 2009 @5:04 am
I love your tenacity. This type of language starts tension….and movements.
January 7th, 2009 @5:17 am
This is a fantastic post! I am a Christian – but I think what you are talking about is religion, not christianity. You see Christianity is nothing more than have a relationship with Christ, it is religion which brings in all these things.
However saying that, I was chatting with my friend last night about how Churches needed to be so much more active in the community, and not to gain anything – but just to give into the community. That is what being a Christian is.
January 7th, 2009 @12:12 pm
That's Awesome!
January 7th, 2009 @12:14 pm
It's actually a $10.02 word!
January 7th, 2009 @12:15 pm
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January 12th, 2009 @4:18 am
I actually try to stay away from "church" people. Then I started chatting with some amazing people that live it, not just talk it. I have been blessed to be exposed to great examples of how we are suppose to treat "of the world" people. I actually don't feel worthy enough to do God's work most of the time but do it anyways. He wouldn't have put the desire in my heart and the ability in my body if I wasn't suppose to do it. Sometimes it is just hard to figure out where on the maturity scale you fall.
I really like this post. It makes me think and gives me a push to continue on.
January 17th, 2009 @4:17 am
I recently posted about people who would tape Bible tracts on the mirror in the restrooms at work. I'm sick of pat answers;complacency;ugly websites;church billboards and signs…but it starts with me. I can't ask others to change if I'm not doing it first and then leading the charge.
January 31st, 2009 @9:19 pm
Great post! I’m multi-tasking so I need to make this short.
February 1st, 2009 @11:50 pm
Yes. Thank God for grace to change and be more Christ-like in our living. There’s people who come to our little church who don’t fit the “typical” church image. You know what, though? We love them and they love us, and no one is asking them to change to look like everyone else – they are accepted just like they are.
I’ve told my people on many occasions, our church needs to be a place where everyone is welcome to be a part of who we are. We need to bring people into a relationship with Christ; we can’t do it if we think we’re better than the ones we’re witnessing to.
Thanks for another great post.
February 8th, 2009 @1:46 am
Unfortunately I don’t read my Bible as often as I should. Maybe on a subconscious level it is because when I read the Bible (like reading this post) I see myself for what I am. And I don’t like what I see. It is too easy to compare ourselves with others. When we compare ourselves to Jesus it is amazing that God doesn’t kill us all. We are so unworthy of His grace. And often we don’t share that grace with those around us. We don’t have much time on this Earth. Let’s stop wasting it and start caring about the people around us. (Thanks for letting me talk to myself.)
January 29th, 2010 @1:22 am
THEY MAKE ME SO MAD! You’re wrong though. It’s not just Christians. It’s everyone. Everyone makes me sick when they are self-centered hypocritical idiots who can’t empathize with a clone. But, it is interesting because Christians do have a certain arrogant air about them. Something like “I have a future after death, and you do not”. My mother’s family is like that, and they rejected my father because he’s jewish! It makes me want to scream.
January 30th, 2010 @3:09 am
I’m currently on a course about the nature of the Church and Ministry here in the UK. The course is being run by the local Diocese and it’s interesting and thought provoking.
One of the particular areas of interest is harnessing our gifts to service and ministray – perhaps that’s soemthing for us all to be focussing on.
The service we deliver to our community and family, as well as to our Church, reflects on what sort of Christians we are.
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