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September 04, 2007

The M word

- Where do you work?
- Burkina Faso.
- What do you do?
- I'm a missionary.
- But surely you don't try and convert people?
- 'Fraid so. With all my heart.
- But that's -
- Controversial?
- Worse. It shows no respect for the beliefs of others. It's awful.
- It's obedience. Christianity is a missionary religion and always has been. Jesus told his disciples to go to the ends of the earth.
- To trample on the sincerely held beliefs of others everywhere they went.
- No, to say that light and love have come into the world. And to love and serve and heal in Jesus' name.
- Can't you just practise your faith privately and keep quiet about it?
- If everyone did that, Christianity wouldn't exist.
- That wouldn't be such a bad thing.
- Haha. Yes it would. Besides, I couldn't keep quiet about Jesus even if I tried.
- Yes you could.
- No I couldn't. Here's why.
- But what if other religions did the same? All trying to convert each other. It would be war. It would be chaos.
- Not necessarily. It could be dialogue.

Posted by sahelsteve at September 4, 2007 11:35 AM