Us moderns (and postmoderns, if you prefer) like keeping our hobbies, work, politics and religion separate.
Be friends with your book club as you read Will Self's latest novel. Invite your family for tea. Best not invite the radical feminist or she'll scare Auntie Mabel.
Theologians do it Two Kingdoms style (no Jesus in our public space). The French do it secular style (no Jesus in our public space).
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| Marc Trestman. He normally wears a hat. |
But then Michael Sam comes along, media circus behind him, disturbing the locals. And so, sex, morality, politics and Christianity suddenly invade my Bear cave.
What do I do? What should I do?
How strongly do I make my views known? Someone on the internet is wrong! And not just about the inaccuracy of ProFootballFocus' offensive line stats. Liberty, sexuality, morality, God.
Two principles to guide me:
1) Christ rules over all.
If Jesus rules all, He has opinions on everything. And if I'm called to be Christ-like, I'm to try to represent His opinions everywhere. It's not loving to keep Him bottled up in the whisky cupboard for special occasions.
2) Only withdraw what you can afford
I nicked this off Douglas Wilson but changed the context.
You can write someone a cheque for a million pounds. But unless you have that kind of money, it'll only bounce. The recipient will get annoyed and no good has been done.
How much have you invested in the people you're talking with? Are you a drive-by critic or a supportive friend?
If you've got £10 in that account, make a £10 comment (at most). If you've got £10,000 in there, you can withdraw a lot more.
That means investing more in real connections and friendships.
It means contributing to people's lives with more than (but not less than) the right opinion.
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