Christ Is Sweet: chick-fil-a

Thursday, 2 August 2012

Some thoughts on CFA day

Well Wednesday came and went, and my forecast of my own thoughts was about right. I enjoyed it, but i wondered if it was really achieving anything. Here are some random thoughts:

Maybe this is what Christians should do
In America in 2012, no one is going to come at you with a knife, or a gun, or a brick, just because you're on the way to church. But the faith once for all time delivered will be mocked, and we should expect it to be. It was ever thus. Maybe this is the best way to stand together. 'If you don't like the Biblical philosophy that drives a certain restaurant, we're all going to eat there.' It wasn't violent, or angry, it was good. Maybe this is what we should be doing.

It's good to be for things
Christians are so often known for what we're against, it's good to be known for what we're in favour of. Biblical marriage and tasty chicken! But seriously, we must keep holding out our faith as that which brings life and liberty, not that which takes it away. Wednesday was at least a step towards that.

I did enjoy it
We saw people from our church, other churches, old friends, new friends with their kids. People were clearly having a good time. One of the traces of the Gospel in our hearts is that we're all designed to be part of something bigger than ourselves, and this was one such something.

It's not going to change anything
Is Rahm Emmanuel going to say 'hundreds of thousands of people in the Bible belt ate at chick-fil-a? We must build one!' Of course not. This is where we are now. The freedom to exercise one's faith is slowly being eroded. The idea that what we do on Sunday should impact our lives on Monday to Saturday will get more and more unpopular. So i think we have to take these stands.

I'm still not sure it's a Gospel issue
But maybe it is.

Christ Is Sweet

Thursday, 2 August 2012

Some thoughts on CFA day

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Good Articles on CFA and Religious Liberty