Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation in the foyer of the church. I won't be able to share all the details due to their nature, but the thing that struck me is what was presented. An analogy was used that I would have never imagined would have been possible. In reference to Satan, some used a phrase "that they have no other words to put to it." When I heard, I was awestruck. He made his point though. Shockingly. I wondered to myself if I was missing it though. I think we have our colloquial phrases of Christianity that are to be used in these circumstances and when other more "shocking" references are used, we are appalled. What do we have when we respond to Christianity though? All that we've known. We've lived life in one arena and aren't aware of all the phrases, "right things to do" and all the stuff to say at all the right moments. I think we've deceived ourselves into thinking that we can say the words and everyone will look past all that could be lying underneath. In this conversation, I had no doubts about what the guy I was talking to meant. No doubts about what he was getting at. He put spiritual things in terms he understood. Sounds spot on to me. Didn't that happen throughout the text we know as the Bible? Reminds me of a guy formerly known as Bizzy Bone who converted to Christianity and made a CD entitled Speaking in Tongues. It was shocking. It was vulgar. It was Parentaly Advised. I guess that's what happens when someone comes to Jesus so abruptly. The only context they have is the one they've known (I think he has gone back to the world he knew since then). I bet Paul would say something about it.
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