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[Ritchie, Josiah]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz 
> [mailto:Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Fred A. Miller
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:43 PM
> To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group.
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] American Experience: Alfred Kinsey
> 
> On Tue February 15 2005 11:31 am, john-thomas richards wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 11:09:52AM -0500, Ritchie, Josiah wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > In contrast to Fred's statement (I believe this debate 
> was waged a 
> > > year or more ago... But for completeness); God calls us 
> to share the 
> > > gospel, not morality. Morality is a response to God.
> >
> > I agree.  We are to be about disciple-making, not 
> > moral-but-going-to-hell-people-making.
> 
> No one said we aren't supposed to.

A good point the lack of A doesn't neccesarily make B true. However, we
often are distracted by our main goal in the option of a second. 

> > > In short, we share the Gospel that God might convert them. After 
> > > that, we worry about the discipleship process.

> And, you'll sometimes "loose" them. The same approach DOESN'T work on
every non-believer.

In personal experience and in speaking with others, I have yet to see
salvation come by enforcement of morality. I have often met people
disenchanted by such activity who have become rather closed to that
religion known as Christianity. Therefore, I find that focusing my
efforts on moral activism is taking my eyes off the goal. That isn't to
say that I don't support a side, but rather I don't go out of my way to
bring the topic up.

I think it is plain that the number of moral activists beating drums
out-numbers the realistic expectations for bringing men to Christ
through that method. I suggest that the devil has significantly
distracted us.

Take Roe v. Wade for example... My wife summarized her biography after
having read it. Her story is an excellent example of being turned by
kindness and the love of God. Granted, it was done by abortion
activists, but not by their opinions on abortion, but rather love for
her despite that.

JSR/