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March 23, 2006
Guerrilla Ecclesiology
Guerillahost
When the British and French came to colonize the New World, they practiced a very direct style of warfare [everyone lined up in big rows and shot their guns at their enemies…ish]. This simple tactic led to many brutal losses at the hands of the Native American Indians who were fighting for their freedom and protecting their homes using guerilla tactics. They fought in forests, set up ambushes, and used clever military devices to cause great harm to their oppressors.
As christ-followers, we live with the reality of spiritual contests. These battles are not only fought in church or in "Christian" environments, however, and our inattention to this little fact is tantamount to making the same mistake the British and French did in colonization. We take heavy losses because we think the enemy fights like us. But the truth is that real spiritual contests happen everywhere. Every bar and movie theater, every restaurant and dinner table, grocery store and bus depot is a battlefield.
Thought I would share this, it gave me alot of thoughts on what we are to be about...and at the same time it sums up all those thoughts.
They go on to say that there are certain things that make you cool. If you follow all of these things, you'd think you would be cool, but you won't - you'll look like a dork. In the same way, you can not meet any of the "cool things list" and still be cool.
That's alot like Christianity. Being a follower of Christ changes you - likewise there is certain things that people see and read about what a Christian is. If you try to follow this list on your own, you're religious - not Christian - and, just like being cool, you wind up looking like a dork. On the other hand, once you've accepted Christ you're a Christian and that looks a little different for everyone.
It's important to be in God's word and to learn his will - what a Christian looks like - but without Him, it's worthless and looks silly.
Posted by Jesse at March 23, 2006 1:12 PM