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| Ecumenism Means You Too |
In Matthew 11:16-30 we are told of two lifestyles: John, the abstinent recluse with a restrictive diet and Jesus, the social drinker who enjoyed a hearty meal with sinners. The point of this was to highlight two examples of how God has reached out to the world. Yet in both cases people criticized God’s messengers. Christians come in many varieties but the same message. Th
ere are simple Christians who live off the grid in loyal and supportive communities, joyful and boisterous Christians who seem to have a party wherever they go, formal and traditional Christians who love the majesty of pomp and ceremony and a thousand legitimate varieties. All that is merely external. Just as with John and Jesus, when we look deep inside churches which appear so different on the outside, the same message is on the inside.
ere are simple Christians who live off the grid in loyal and supportive communities, joyful and boisterous Christians who seem to have a party wherever they go, formal and traditional Christians who love the majesty of pomp and ceremony and a thousand legitimate varieties. All that is merely external. Just as with John and Jesus, when we look deep inside churches which appear so different on the outside, the same message is on the inside.
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