The average 21st century Christian is more Pharisee than Christlike.
A person named Marie said this today and I agree with her 100%….
The average 21st century Christian is more Pharisee than Christlike.
A person named Marie said this today and I agree with her 100%….
The Tony Burgess Blog 
Unfortunately, I’m going to have to take issue with the statement on structural grounds. Replace the word “Christian” with any other demographic, and then substitute a different criticism, and it would be argued to be stereotyping.
The criticism is only acceptable in its generalities because of who it criticizes.
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Don’t get me wrong, there are Pharasees in all walks of life. No one is perfect but everyone in their calling is working toward perfection. We need to create a platform for that to happen that encourages everyone.
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Thank you, Tony,
I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. My issue is the idea that in a day, when rhetorical statements that start with “the average —-” can end a political career, it still manages to be palatable to make those statements about Christians. It’s an implied statistical statement.
That being said, I also am very keen to make sure that crazies and pharisaical representatives of my faith are not deftly used to make me tacitly sign on to social issues of which I don’t agree–just because their repugnant deliveries are ALWAYS focused on by the press.
And lastly, I am aware that God loves us all–sinners and wrecks and rubble and flotsam and Jetsam. I was chief among them. But I will always teach my children that something had to change, and “pressing towards the mark” is part of the deal.
Keep blogging, man! I’m always looking out!
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