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Seriously

Post Category: Blog Posts, Culture, Makes You Think 

OK, let me start out by admitting something - I’ve watched Grey’s Anatomy. Whew, I got that off my chest!

Before the negative comments and emails start flooding in let me add a disclaimer - I don’t endorse the lifestyles they promote on the show. With that being said I’ve found myself saying a word they use a lot on the show - “Seriously.” Anybody who has seen even one episode has undoubtedly heard that word several times. I don’t know why but the word just fits so many conversations. It can be an emphatic statement (Seriously!)�or an incredulous question (Seriously??).

As followers of Jesus (you knew I was going to bring this around, didn’t you?) we are faced with the challenge of living out our faith in a world that just doesn’t take us seriously. They’ve experienced too much hypocrisy and seen too many televangelists to respond otherwise.

So what do we do? The answer is simple -�get serious!

Seriously?

As hard as we might try we can’t solve our image problem through P.R. and trying to create slicker services. The answer is simply being serious and letting the world see us for who we are with all of our flaws and failures. Paul talks about this in 2 Corinthians 4:2 when he says, “We refuse to wear masks and play games…we keep everything we do and say out in the open, the whole truth on display.”

Our world has gotten pretty good at spotting posers and fakes. Get real in your relationship with God and live a life of open and honest transparency. Seriously.

“The greatest cause of atheism is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door and deny him with their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” - Brennan Manning

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  1. Jason on July 24th, 2007 2:22 pm

    “The greatest cause of atheism is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door and deny him with their lifestyle….”

    Kinda like watching a show where the main plot is _____ sleeping with _______? (you can just fill in the blank)

    Sure, let’s not be fake. I get it.
    But if us not being fake is the same as us without Christ, then how is that better?

  2. bradruggles on July 24th, 2007 2:35 pm

    Jason, I knew you would be the first to comment. That is why I did put a disclaimer about the show. Like I said, I don’t endorse that kind of lifestyle just like I’m sure you don’t endorse using the kind of language they use in Die Hard or sleeping around like they did on Friends. I suppose I could only watch shows or movies that I could completely endorse which would leave me…ummm…Little House on the Prairie and The Andy Griffith Show.

    But I do understand your point. I’m not saying we simply adopt the lifestyle of the world to try and fit in. Let’s just not pretend we don’t make the same mistakes everyone else does.

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