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There are many terms used in the Christian world <\/span><\/p>\n 1)”I’ll pray for you”. <\/span><\/p>\n What a beautiful sentiment. I need prayer and so <\/span><\/p>\n The truth is for the most part the purveyor of I know personally that I have used the phrase Another classic overused Christian phrase is,<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 2) “You shouldn’t be a stumbling block for Sounds holy until we who have been around the <\/span><\/p>\n If stumbling block means Christian behavior that <\/span><\/p>\n Their legalistic arrogance also ticks me off and <\/span><\/p>\n Hey wait a minute, I kind of like this concept. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are many terms used in the Christian world that sound good but often times don’t actually mean what they say. I would like to explore some of these but since these columns are limited to around 500 words let me start with these two. The first one is a phrase every Christian has used…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-living","category-comedy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nthat sound good but often times don’t actually mean what they say. I would like
\nto explore some of these but since these columns are limited to around 500
\nwords let me start with these two. The first one is a phrase every Christian
\nhas used so it makes for a good start.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ndo you. We are supposed to pray for each other as well. The problem is, (I know
\nthis not from divine revelation but unfortunately personal experience) that we
\nas Christians often times get in the habit of using the term flippantly without
\nweighing the gravity of the sentiment. You say your going to pray for someone
\nyou had better mean it. Instead it can be flouted around like a handshake with
\na stranger or the equivalent of the secular\/retailer phrase “Have a nice day”.
\nThat phrase sounds friendly enough though does anyone ever honestly think they
\nmean it? <\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe phrase not only could care less about your “day”, they’ll even spend most
\nof their lunch break whining to fellow employees what a pain in the butt we
\npatrons actually are. This habit ironically facilitates a nice day for them. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n“I’ll pray for you” only to forget about it 2 minutes later and only recall I
\nsaid it a couple months later when I find out the person I was supposed to pray
\nfor died from some exotic disease. Now I not only feel guilty for not praying,
\nI start thinking I killed the guy!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nothers.” <\/span><\/p>\n
\nChristian sub-culture long enough realize that the stumbling block concept is
\noften code for “I’ll be watching you and if I ever see you behaving in a way I<\/b> consider un-Christian I’ll judge you
\nin my heart. Since I am the arbiter of all things true and holy.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\ncauses someone else to sin then most of these stumbler-phobes could use it on
\nthemselves since they are so<\/i>
\nconcerned about the sins of fellow believers. Their obsession with demanding
\nthe stumble-causing Christian to cease and desist usually leads them not to
\nspiritual encouragement of a wayward brother but instead the SIN of
\nself-righteous judgment that doesn’t desire reconciliation as much as
\npunishment and condemnation! <\/span><\/p>\n
\ncauses me<\/i> to sin since I find myself despising
\nthem and desiring ways to make their lives miserable which I have to assume is
\nnot a God breathed revelation but instead my own sin nature seeking revenge and
\npunishment. Then again using their “stumbler-logic” I can at least claim it
\nisn’t my fault but instead theirs<\/i>
\nsince it’s their sin that’s causing me to stumble!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI can do wrong, blame it on their lack of Christian behavior and so I get to
\nhave my cake and eat it too! Maybe these Pharisees aren’t as dumb as I thought?<\/span><\/p>\n