“What exaggeration could there be in the practice of a doctrine wherein one was bidden to turn the other cheek when one was smitten, and give one’s cloak if one’s coat was taken?” Leo Tolstoy-Anna Karenina
Extreme Christianity or radical Christianity are very popular words. Those are used in cases where one leaves one’s country, or steps out of one’s comfort zone, befriending someone unlovable or something of that sort. But this is neither radical, nor extreme. It is being Christ-like. Perhaps it is radical in the eyes of the world, but it should be expected and commonplace for those who claim to be followers of Christ.
If you are truly following Jesus’ example, there is no way that you’ll be too extreme.
“Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.” Francis Chan
Extreme Christianity or radical Christianity are very popular words. Those are used in cases where one leaves one’s country, or steps out of one’s comfort zone, befriending someone unlovable or something of that sort. But this is neither radical, nor extreme. It is being Christ-like. Perhaps it is radical in the eyes of the world, but it should be expected and commonplace for those who claim to be followers of Christ.
If you are truly following Jesus’ example, there is no way that you’ll be too extreme.
“Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.” Francis Chan
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