I want to start by saying all cultural groups are interesting. There isn't a single cultural group that you can't look at and find some sort of quirkiness to it. To say that the Church isn't the same would be ignorant. A little something I noticed recently is the idea that there are no happy mediums. For instance, either someone loves to be with Jesus (i.e. the revivalist who just can't get enough of power Jesus encounters) or someone loves to show love to people (i.e. they love being out in the street and showing people just how much Jesus loves em). Either someone is focused on the gifts of the Spirit (prophecy, speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues, working of miracles, etc. see 1 Cor 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4) or they are focused on the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, etc. see Galatians 5).

In light of all this, it really has me wondering. Is that really what it's about? Either or? You would think that one would benefit the other. A symbiotic relationship. Finding Nemo style (anemones and clown fish). You would think being with Jesus would make you love people more (if only that were the case, see UnChristian and They Like Jesus but Not the Church). You would also think that being around people would make you want to be around Jesus more (or at least away from people...all in good fun). Yet, it seems the Church really isn't behind that. The more people I seem to run into, the more people seem to be either or. Maybe leadership positions allow you to see that side (and I'm not talking only about my church). If only our love for Jesus and our love for people matched. He (Jesus that is) seemed to think so. Something about loving God being the greatest commandment and loving people being like it. That sounds like clown fish and anemones to me. Oh what it would look like...
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