What would it look like? Maybe people would start to say, "I like those Christians. Maybe they aren't all that bad."
I understand that we are going to be hated by the world for our beliefs...but are we hated for the right reasons?
A book by David Kinnaman, unChristian, reported that most nonbelievers said that Christians were, "hypocritical," "insensitive," and "judgmental." Is anybody surprised by this? I think it is only fitting that people think of us like this considering the way we act. I don't like it, but it's true.
Christians are arrogant jerks to say the least.
But if we started to live radically, maybe we would start being disliked for the right reasons. I would love it if people hated me because they thought I was a weirdo. If the only thing I ever talked about was Jesus and was totally overwhelmed by this overwhelming god. People would inevitably think I was a psycho. I think it better to be considered a psycho rather than a "cool" Christian.
At the same time, if I was radically living the way Jesus tells Christians to, maybe I could make a legitimate difference. God tells us to love the poor, care for the widowed, protect those who need protection. What if I did all of those because it came to me naturally? This should be the norm. Radically following Jesus.
I pray that radical would become the norm. And that Christians were leading the fight against injustice all around the world, including at home. It is so much easier to be Christian overseas. Why am I not being one in America? There are people all around me who need Jesus just as much as the drug traffickers in Mexico. Just as much as the entrepreneurs in Japan. Just as much as a sex-slave in India. Just as much as the child soldier in Africa. Everybody needs me to be a Christian, dare I say they need me to be a radical Christian at that? It is pathetic that I have to add an adjective to explain what a true Christian is.
