Day 3

Today was completely shot. Sigh. Didn't get to have a good one hour in the Word today. Found myself kind of getting lost in thoughts. Oh well. Tomorrow is another day. So the main thought of today is this: What happens when good Christians go bad?
I was going to show this one video to my GREG group today at Messiah, but then I found some stuff online that the guy may possibly be a heretic and has gone slightly crazy with his theology. Christianity Today did a piece on the guy before, and it seemed like he was fine. However, there were some stuff he said that, even in context, sounds a little funky. I don't know what to make of it. I'm going to do some more research. But in order to not defame anyone's name, I'm not goign to say who it is. Basta, I'm going to have to look into this more before I show his videos to people. Sayang talaga because his videos are really good for stirring up discussion among people. It's sad when that happens, you know? When a perfectly good Christian guy begins going into bogus ideas. I'm sure he means well. What they said DAW was that he got so caught up in studying the Bible and the culture and the jews from before that he lost sight of the absolutes in the Bible, saying that you can apply any interpretation to teh Bible. it's like he goes way too far with some of his ideas. I remember the pharisees where they got so absorbed with studying the Torah that they didn't see Christ anymore. All they could see is all these mythologies and geneologies and myths that Paul said we should stop dwelling on.
So the next question that plagues my mind is: How can i make sure I don't fall into this trap? It's this fear that getting so absorbed in teh Bible may make me stop looking at Jesus as the personal God He is. How do you guard against that? I think that's why fellowship and discipleship is important. You need to be able to bounce ideas off of others so that you know if what you're getting from your Bible readings and devos is right. Also, that's what theology classes are for (which is cool that there are those available to the GCFers now). But again, its' good to avoid gettting lost in arguments and debates that lose sight of what the purpose is to begin with. One Bible, one meaning, but many applications.
We had an interesting Greg today, though. Everyone was either sleepy or just out of it. I'm hoping the other guys will begin participating in discussions more. So proud of Luigi, though. He's awesome. Really kept things going in teh group today. Really needed him. But what was cool was that everyone got their second wind by halfway through and we got all noisy and were laughing and talking a lot. I'm just hoping the sharing and the open discussion will come out sooner than later. It seems we're still stuck on the 'calling on for answers' mentality. But I know that will change. It's really on me, I think. I need to get better as a small group leader. Sigh.
Was thinking again that sana, by some miracle, those 12 people I've been praying will come to Messiah will some how end up still coming, like transferring over. I know, I know, it's crazy. God brought them to those schools already for a reason. I just wish that they'd be coming here to the college. I really think they are a good fit and that they could get the most from what we offer. But at the same time, I also know that God has a purpose why they aren't here. Whether it's a major issue or something else, God needs them where He put them too.
Well, have an experiment tomorrow that I'll write about tomorrow night. We'll see what happens.