RADICAL CHRISTIANITY

A call to believers in the days in which we live

Ed preface
A member of ChristiansTogether send the following. It was written by a Tim White. I have published it as it raises some interesting questions.
Click on the image on the right for a trailer to an excellent address given out at a Christian holiday convention back in 2008.

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇?
There’s a quiet disease spreading through the Church—and it’s not out there in the world. It’s in here. Among us. Among the pulpits. Among the pews. It’s called passivity. The kind that teaches you to live a “good life,” attend Sunday service, smile, give, and sit down. No urgency. No watching. No warring. No prophecy. No end-time awareness. No confrontation of evil. Just “be good and stay quiet—God will handle everything.” But that’s not biblical. That’s bondage.

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐒? Where are the men with fire in their bones? Where are the fathers who lead their families like Noah built the ark—even when the world laughed? Where are the husbands who love their wives like Christ loved the Church—even when it costs them? Where are the believers who live like eternity is around the corner—because it is? Radical faith used to be the standard. Now it’s called “extreme.” But the truth is: a passive Church will never stand in an active war.

𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋. 𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑. Jesus flipped tables. He called out religious leaders. He warned of judgment. He prophesied the end. He rebuked passivity. He loved fiercely. And then He laid down His life. His followers didn’t sit back and say, “God’s got this.” They obeyed. They watched. They stood. They bled.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 Because radicals: Don’t tick the box Don’t fit the programme Don’t play the politics Don’t stay silent Don’t comply—they confront So what happens? They get sidelined. Silenced. Discredited. Told they’re “too intense,” “too political,” “too divisive.” But what they really are is too awake.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 Passivity raises spineless sons. It creates silent pulpits. It excuses cowardice as kindness. It ignores the signs of the times. It comforts the lukewarm and resents the burning ones. But hear this: "The righteous are bold as a lion." — Proverbs 28:1 "Be watchful, and strengthen what remains." — Revelation 3:2 "Contend for the faith." — Jude 1:3 "Love not your life even unto death." — Revelation 12:11

𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 Not reckless. Not rebellious. But RADICAL in obedience. RADICAL in truth. RADICAL in love. RADICAL in boldness. RADICAL in readiness. The world doesn’t need more nice Christians. It needs burning ones. It needs men and women who live like the King is coming back. Because He is.
 

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