jon price preached (or is it praught) at our church sunday morning from John 4:4-27 - talking about Jesus sharing the gospel with the samaritan woman and what our attitude is towards unbelievers... or as he was saying "those" people...
some of his points echoed tim keller from his book, the reason for God... which i highly recommend. (i on the other hand was quoting from the prodigal God on sunday evening, which i would ALSO recommend :) )
interestingly enough, my mind also went back to watching an episode of ncis with the mccoys and ramseys saturday evening(maggie and jeremy were in for the weekend and are in love with the show almost as much as my parents). in the episode, tony was undercover as an escaped convict in an attempt to get another convict to lead him to some stolen valuables. little did he know that the seemingly mild mannered prisoner was a serial killer! when he found out tony was a federal agent and was about to slit his throat from behind, he made this comment:
"Just so you know, when I said no one ever treated me like you did, I meant that."
now tony dinozzo is not someone that i would usually point to as a model for behavior. however, shouldn't that be the reaction of people around us to our attitude and witness... humble servants sharing the truth out of hearts compelled by the love of Christ!!!!
(the contrast of sinner/righteous stereotypes is also a major theme in the gospel of luke... maybe more on that later)
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