Feels good to possess the Truth, right? Maslow did not include it as our most basic need, without reason. Ah security - possessing the key to Biblical knowledge; knowing that Jesus is the only way to the Father; knowing how the world works because it is all laid out in the Bible - the very book you posses the key to understanding. I've known several people who are no longer Fundamentalist, who miss the security of knowing, the most.
The strange thing is, Jesus never preached safety. His life certainly wasn't safe - He didn't even have a secure place to rest his head at night. Our call out of the Temple is a call towards loving others, which is a call to flexibility and the unknown. Turning back towards the security of the Temple is to repeat the behavior of the Egyptian Israelites and Lot's wife. Instead we are called to imitate Abraham, who set out into the desert from his secure home in Sumer. Forsaking security and personal ownership of ideas, pet theology, and drive to be right all the time is the faith Christ is talking about.
Seems to me that many Christians strive to possess as much knowledge as possible about doctrines and theology, which they mistake as living the Christian life. I believe knowing has little to do with loving and this Christian practice (should only be a hobby) can lead to devaluing people in place of knowledge and law. It can also keep us on the bench rather than playing in the game.
The strange thing is, Jesus never preached safety. His life certainly wasn't safe - He didn't even have a secure place to rest his head at night. Our call out of the Temple is a call towards loving others, which is a call to flexibility and the unknown. Turning back towards the security of the Temple is to repeat the behavior of the Egyptian Israelites and Lot's wife. Instead we are called to imitate Abraham, who set out into the desert from his secure home in Sumer. Forsaking security and personal ownership of ideas, pet theology, and drive to be right all the time is the faith Christ is talking about.
Seems to me that many Christians strive to possess as much knowledge as possible about doctrines and theology, which they mistake as living the Christian life. I believe knowing has little to do with loving and this Christian practice (should only be a hobby) can lead to devaluing people in place of knowledge and law. It can also keep us on the bench rather than playing in the game.
