the broken people
yesterday i was in a conversation with an english professor, his friend, who is a historian from new zealand, and a few friends of mine. it quickly turned into a discussion about how politics have changed the way we view religion. they were referring to constantine, who changed the establishment of the church from being run predominately by females to a patriarchal system. they talked about the impact the american government had on polygamy among the mormons. they discussed the steering away from latin masses. and they mentioned the instances of women being forced to full facial coverings in the middle east when the koran only states to cover ones hair.
…i’m sure this has something to do with our desires to fit a incomprehensible, sovereign God into our finite minds, and into our busy, prideful, precious lives.
a political platform might be desirable to proclaim a religious agenda to the masses. however, christianity thrives when it is marginalized, not when it is watered down to conform into something anyone can swallow. the cross is offensive, beautiful and discipleship is hard. but when you fix your eyes on jesus, the things of this earth will grow strangely dim….
