{"id":83324,"date":"2019-07-03T12:26:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=83324"},"modified":"2019-07-03T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:29:29","slug":"scott-sauls-toward-a-truer-christianityabandoning-us-against-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=83324","title":{"rendered":"(Scott Sauls) Toward a Truer Christianity\u2026Abandoning Us-Against-Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago, Slate Magazine<\/em> came out with a multi-essay piece<\/a> that identified 2014 as \u201cthe year of outrage.\u201d The subtitle to the article is as follows: From righteous fury to faux indignation, everything we got mad about in 2014<\/em>. Featured were pieces on sexual identity outrage, liberal outrage, conservative outrage, holiday outrage, religious outrage, and so on.<\/p>\n

Similarly, New<\/em> York Times<\/em> contributor Tim Kreider describes an epidemic<\/a> he calls \u201coutrage porn.\u201d Kreider says that so many letters to the editor and blog comments contain a \u201ctone of thrilled vindication\u201d from \u201cpeople who have been vigilantly on the lookout for something to be offended by\u2026some part of us loves feeling 1) right and 2) wronged.\u201d<\/p>\n

One former U.S. President recently said that the one remaining bigotry in modern society is that we don\u2019t want to be around anyone who disagrees with us.<\/p>\n

Emma Green of The Atlantic<\/em> wrote an article<\/a> called \u201cTaming Christian<\/em> Outrage\u201d highlighting how some Christians have become part of the outrage madness in the blogosphere, the media, and their personal lives. Green\u2019s belief is that the common thread among \u201coutraged\u201d Christians is not<\/em> an interest in winning hearts, but rather an interest in asserting their own rights, privileges, and comforts in a post-Christian culture.<\/p>\n

Can this be a good thing when Jesus, the rightful King, set aside<\/em> his rights, privileges, and comforts in order to move toward his enemies in love?<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“I am for disagreeing in an agreeable fashion. I guess you could say that I am a strong advocate of tolerance…”https:\/\/t.co\/h1eakwNNgx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Scott Sauls (@scottsauls) July 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n