Good points. Reminds me of the late Ralph Winter's epiphany about just wearing a suit. He had trained as an engineer, then gone to Guatemala as a missionary. He had a number of quirks, and an aversion to wearing suits was one of them, as the practice never made much sense to him. Suits certainly weren't the most efficient sort of clothing.
But then after some years, he studied cultural anthropology to help his missions work, and eventually had an epiphany: just as it's important to avoid appearing unnecessarily different from a culture you wanted to reach the people in, he should think of relating to modern middle-class Americans as just another tribe of headhunters or whatever. So then he realized it would smooth things over and reduce misunderstandings if he just wore a suit.
I guess I'm trying to figure out how much patriotism and Biblical citizenship should be lived out. I'm over the mindset most people don't practice enough biblical citizenship and our founding fathers expected us to be "dutifull" local Civic citizens. And I sense that people consider this to be a "quirk" as long as they vote 🗳 in national elections. Maybe if this is the wrong forum for discussing this. :-)
You had me at Patterson-Gimlin…
"She" is wearing boots. The feet are flat.
Dang. Coming in hot.
Good points. Reminds me of the late Ralph Winter's epiphany about just wearing a suit. He had trained as an engineer, then gone to Guatemala as a missionary. He had a number of quirks, and an aversion to wearing suits was one of them, as the practice never made much sense to him. Suits certainly weren't the most efficient sort of clothing.
But then after some years, he studied cultural anthropology to help his missions work, and eventually had an epiphany: just as it's important to avoid appearing unnecessarily different from a culture you wanted to reach the people in, he should think of relating to modern middle-class Americans as just another tribe of headhunters or whatever. So then he realized it would smooth things over and reduce misunderstandings if he just wore a suit.
I guess I'm trying to figure out how much patriotism and Biblical citizenship should be lived out. I'm over the mindset most people don't practice enough biblical citizenship and our founding fathers expected us to be "dutifull" local Civic citizens. And I sense that people consider this to be a "quirk" as long as they vote 🗳 in national elections. Maybe if this is the wrong forum for discussing this. :-)
Peter F
Pastor Mike, any advice about how far to go down the rabbit holes in the Constitution and the Founding Fathers?
Peter F.
As deep as you want. It's not about avoiding rabbit holes, it's about bringing your people with you.