Figuring out the rules

For my blog post I am going to put forward some ideas I've been exposed to recently...
shamelessly swiped from people's facebook statusses :)

Good doctrine alone is a poor substitute for true Christianity. Knowing more doesn't equate to being a Christian. But somehow we have made "knowing more" one of the major marks of becoming a better Christian. Read more books, know the answers to the questions, know the Bible better. All of which are good things.

But God isn't a set of principles we can know, and master. Knowing God isn't about figuring out the rules that he operates by.
Yet I know I have a tenancy to reduce being a Christian to following a set of principles to follow.

I know we can maybe relatively easily avoid this kind of thinking in our own personal one on one relationships with God. But what about things like worldviews and doctrine on the issues of society? Sometimes my approach to that looks a lot like trying to figure out the rules...

Just some thoughts :)

L

BODY IMAGE

So I thought that the for a first topic we could talk about body image. I came across this idea while hiking during the weekend. The sun was blazing and so I got a tan. I wondered how going dark(er) would make me feel. or in other words how I would feel about becoming a shade dark(er). I have not resolved that one, but I sort of got an uncomfortable feeling about the prospect. Oh poor me! It seems as if I might have bought into the line of light(er) is better.

The idea was just fascinating. I mean I knew all the correct answers...that is p.c and christian answers but I still felt uncomfortable at the idea. I wondered if people would look at me differently-no more beautiful- and how I would project myself differently and interact with people differently.

Between Friends: The Start of blogging

Between Friends: The Start of blogging: "So I am new at this, so be nice. My friend convinced me that we, myself and three more other friends, need to start communicating our ideas ..."

The Start of blogging

So I am new at this, so be nice. My friend convinced me that we, myself and three more other friends, need to start communicating our ideas to each other more. I suppose that this is our attempt of leaving in community. Well at least with regards to ideas.

So Sizwe here we go darling.