Comments on: Fighting the good fight… http://www.ecclesialdreamer.com/?p=575 the ramlings of an ecclesial dreamer Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ScottB http://www.ecclesialdreamer.com/?p=575&cpage=1#comment-332 ScottB Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:40:59 +0000 http://www.ecclesialdreamer.com/?p=575#comment-332 I was visiting my parent's church a few months ago and one of the songs that they sang was called "We Will Ride". You can probably see where this is headed. It combines some Left Behind-ish eschatology with a sort of exuberant anticipation of riding with the armies of heaven. I had to leave the service, I was so disturbed. Where do folks get the impression that violence is a necessary part of being a follower of Christ? That all of the violent imagery - and I don't think there's nearly as much in the text as people seem to believe - is to be taken more literally than the Sermon on the Mount, which is by and large disregarded? Sorry - stepping off my soapbox. ;) I share your frustration. I was visiting my parent’s church a few months ago and one of the songs that they sang was called “We Will Ride”. You can probably see where this is headed. It combines some Left Behind-ish eschatology with a sort of exuberant anticipation of riding with the armies of heaven. I had to leave the service, I was so disturbed.

Where do folks get the impression that violence is a necessary part of being a follower of Christ? That all of the violent imagery – and I don’t think there’s nearly as much in the text as people seem to believe – is to be taken more literally than the Sermon on the Mount, which is by and large disregarded? Sorry – stepping off my soapbox. ;) I share your frustration.

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