Thanks for interacting with Freya's article and the general topic so fairly, nuanced and thought-provoking. I think some conservatives need to ridicule progressives less and try to interact with and reach them.
A few times in my life I have been hesitant to invite people to my church because I know they will be offended at the attitudes of people in my church regarding democratic views. People from my job. I've also considered leaving my church and finding another church which doesn't make politics so important.
"can be found in the Christian faith and a more conservative way of life"
I pray that she keeps going past this point until she runs smack into Jesus himself. This mentality, so commendable and so common among the 'I realized Christianity is a better way to do life than postmodernism or wokeism' set, I fear may be seeds sown in rocky or shallow soil and thus may not last. The demands of accepting the sincerely Christian way of life do not make any sense and are difficult to sustain over the long term until one encounters Jesus Christ himself, and then it all falls into place. I am a great admirer of Freya India's and I pray that the Lord gathers her to himself. I think she is walking the right road.
And as to the bigger question: of course a bunch of unrelatable old strangers at a conference for conservatives are not going to win converts to the faith, although winning converts is not really our job; it's the Holy Spirit's job. Our job is to see people, and love them as people (not as marks) and tell them the reason for the hope we have in Christ Jesus. So she is of course correct.
Thanks for interacting with Freya's article and the general topic so fairly, nuanced and thought-provoking. I think some conservatives need to ridicule progressives less and try to interact with and reach them.
A few times in my life I have been hesitant to invite people to my church because I know they will be offended at the attitudes of people in my church regarding democratic views. People from my job. I've also considered leaving my church and finding another church which doesn't make politics so important.
"can be found in the Christian faith and a more conservative way of life"
I pray that she keeps going past this point until she runs smack into Jesus himself. This mentality, so commendable and so common among the 'I realized Christianity is a better way to do life than postmodernism or wokeism' set, I fear may be seeds sown in rocky or shallow soil and thus may not last. The demands of accepting the sincerely Christian way of life do not make any sense and are difficult to sustain over the long term until one encounters Jesus Christ himself, and then it all falls into place. I am a great admirer of Freya India's and I pray that the Lord gathers her to himself. I think she is walking the right road.
And as to the bigger question: of course a bunch of unrelatable old strangers at a conference for conservatives are not going to win converts to the faith, although winning converts is not really our job; it's the Holy Spirit's job. Our job is to see people, and love them as people (not as marks) and tell them the reason for the hope we have in Christ Jesus. So she is of course correct.