Real Christans Don't Dance? - 4/16/98

Hi All,

I know, it has been a while since my last one.

I hope all is going well for all of you and know that you are in my prayers and thoughts

The thought comes from a book by John Fischer, "Real Christians Don't Dance!"

John Fischer starts with this statement, "So is this it? This is what it comes down to - Real Christians don't dance? Moses parted the water for this? Rehab tucked the spies away in her closet for this? Jael drove a tent peg into the head of Sisera for this? Jesus died and rose again, martyrs were sawn in two, and the church has prevailed for almost two thousands years against the gates of hell so that Christians today can live out this ever important testimony to the waiting, watching world: real Christians don't dance?

"Actually, this book is not about dancing - it is about living robust, vital, involved Christian lives. Albert Schwietzter challenged an earlier generation in the Quest of the Historical Jesus. John Fisher is attempting to help us find the biblical Christ in our Subculture Jungle."
Preface of the book by Jay Kesler

Question is this:
Why have Christians made such important issues out of non-issues? Is it because we want something clearly identifiable that will distinguish us from the world? We want to be different. Is it because we want being born again to evidence itself in some clear, tangible way in our world?

This much is good, but have not godly men and women of the past distinguished themselves in much more important ways than staying off the dance floor. Have we as modern day Christians gravitated to a list of do's and don'ts because this spells out the distinctiveness so clearly. That maybe born again becomes a simple matter of following a prescribed formula.

Not that there aren't any do's and don'ts in the Christian faith. The New Testament is full of directives for godly behavior. But are not the biblical guidelines much different than the ones found in modern day Christianity?

Which is easier to the follow:
Real Christians don't envy or real Christians don't dance?
Which one gets noticed first:
Real Christians don't lust or real Christians don't smoke?
Which is harder to comply with:
Real Christians love their enemies or real Christians go to church on Sundays?
Questions by John Fischer

Do we create are own manageable system of weighing and measuring ourselves?
If so, are we not like the Pharisees, who regulated righteousness into a long, involved list of steps and procedures, cumbersome indeed, but fulfillable.

"As soon as the Christian life becomes self attainable, it ceases to require faith and loses its seasoning of humility and grace. We've exchanged a far more involved and demanding set of directives for a simpler, more obvious package. Yes, I'm afraid it has come down to this: real Christians don't dance. Don't you think Moses parted the water for something more?" John Fischer

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God is Good All The Time!
"He Must become greater, I must become Less"
John 3:30
Brad

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