Andrée Sen Peterson aptly describes the bankruptcy of modern thought.
Truth is subjective—but my view is right and yours is wrong. Values are impossible—but fight racism and sexism. America is evil—but it’s unjust to keep anyone out. Technology is ruinous—but it’s not fair that poorer people in the world don’t have it. Tolerance is good—but Christianity is intolerable. [1]
While it should be obvious such ways of thinking are irrational and flawed, are not we Christians guilty of the same? We acknowledge that God made us finite but we believe our theology is infallible and everyone who disagrees with us is wrong. We demand that others “walk the talk” in their personal and public lives. [2] However, we maintain that God has a different standard—all he requires of us to be saved is to believe in Jesus’ death for our sins. God does not consider our actions to be essential for our salvation.
Before we Christians criticize the world’s ways of thinking, should we not first examine our own?
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[1] Andrée Sen Peterson. “Off to college”, World Magazine. August 17, 2019, p. 63.
]2] Mindy Belz. “Walk the talk”, World Magazine. August 17, 2019, p. 30.
