I must have three topics swirling in my head to write about this morning, and then I read a blog from Jon Swanson. He was writing about what he learned on Monday and related this:
“I listened to a 25 year old podcast while driving to get Hope. What new followers of Jesus need, said LeRoy Eims, is love and protection. Before they need rules, before they need scolding or expectations that they should immediately figure out everything that the church hasn’t been able to do right for the past 2000 years, they need love. And explanations.”
This is a lot of what Paul was saying in the last chapters of Romans. Treat others with respect and love. Yes, sometimes we are too quick to pile on rules. We tell the new Christian, “Congratulations. Now that you are one of us you need to stop doing [lots of things] and start doing [lots of things].” But they just need love. Actually, that’s what we all need.
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