It is very unAmerican to back down. That is according to the 2009 Dodge Ram promotion campaign. If someone breaks into your house, you should defend your turf with a shotgun. This sounds tough, but it is not a Christian way of living. Christianity is modest, self-deprecating, and can even give up on a just cause in order to maintain the peace. In How to Ruin Your Life, Ben Stein has a chapter entitled ‘Fight the Good Fight … Over Everything’ which starts with, ‘Anything is worth fighting over.’
1 Corinthians 6: 7, 8
7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers.
Questions
- What does the fact of law suits in the church mean?
- What do the Corinthians do to get ahead?
- How does Paul appeal to the must-win-at-all costs type who think they have won?
- Are you fiercely competitive? Did people earlier in life categorize people by winners and losers?
- How does educating through competition create ill-feeling and a lot of losers? How could educating children me modified?
Going Deeper
http://www.rickross.com/reference/calvary/calvary8.html
http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/06/25/woman-sues-church-over-gay-marriage/
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