"You can know all about God," says Tony Campolo, a prominent evangelist, "but the question is, do you know God? You can have solid theology and be orthodox to the core, but have you experienced God in your own life?" In the broadest sense, Campolo says, the Christian believer and the New Age acolyte are on the same mission: "We are looking for transcendence in the midst of the mundane." And what could be more mundane than politics? Seventy-five percent say that a "very important" reason for their faith is to "forge a personal relationship with God"—not fighting political battles.
Today, then, the real spiritual quest is not to put another conservative on the Supreme Court, or to get creation science into the schools. If you experience God directly, your faith is not going to hinge on whether natural selection could have produced the flagellum of a bacterium. If you feel God within you, then the important question is settled; the rest is details.
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I agree. The things that make real relationship are not intelectual or academic or dogmatic. Followin Christ is a journay that begins anywhere you are, no matter what you have decided intelectually. It's transcendant.
I do not down play the importance of the "details" though they are in fact details. apologetics and doctrines are a different battle but they are springboards to launch us into a deeper and fuller understanding of our faith.
Great post! I love your insight!
Thanks Jeff!
Putting first things first...
...good reminder.
Thanks also for reminding me about that Newsweek article. I meant to read that, and forgot about it.
Here is my take on religion .. Just another viewpoint that I would like to debate.
http://o-p-e-n.blogspot.com
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