You’ve given me a lot to think about. As I’ve started to construct, I find myself having “liberal righteousness” instead of conservative righteousness. I fall into this pattern of feeling more enlightened or understand Christ more deeply than the “conservative righteous” people around me. To your point, “I’m better than them those bastards”
YES! It is sooo tempting to get cross when people aren't as rehearsed in the Gospel as we are. Which is about as counter-Gospel as we can get. It means that we ourselves aren't as enlightened as we suddenly thought we were :)
"But I need my anger-its who I am, it's what I do"-CPT James T. Kirk.
I like that phrase, when anger becomes a shield against your pain sometimes it can be useful. And then there's "righteous indignation".
Yes. There is real, if self-defeating, utility in wearing the Right uniform.
Lol Duncan you rock! Loving these messages, they get me to think more deeply!
You’ve given me a lot to think about. As I’ve started to construct, I find myself having “liberal righteousness” instead of conservative righteousness. I fall into this pattern of feeling more enlightened or understand Christ more deeply than the “conservative righteous” people around me. To your point, “I’m better than them those bastards”
Two sides of the very same coin.
YES! It is sooo tempting to get cross when people aren't as rehearsed in the Gospel as we are. Which is about as counter-Gospel as we can get. It means that we ourselves aren't as enlightened as we suddenly thought we were :)
Outstanding