Thank you for this. So many of my feelings but put together into words in a way I am not able. "Really shouldn't let it get to me." But it does, has for ten years. Stays near the top. "Rambo Christ...riding a warhorse...fetishiz[ing] the Book of Revelation...Christ into a warlord" How do so many good and smart people do this? Exceptionalism is surely a powerful force...winning, better than, more deserving, me first, me, me, me, I, I, I. Phil 2:1-11 should be enough, nothing else needs to be said. And yet...Appreciate what you are doing, please keep writing.
Thanks, Steve. I appreciate the encouragement. I know a lot of us feel this way. Hopefully by putting these thoughts out there we can give permission for people to struggle with this in community.
I’m riding the same wave, brother.
Thank you for this. So many of my feelings but put together into words in a way I am not able. "Really shouldn't let it get to me." But it does, has for ten years. Stays near the top. "Rambo Christ...riding a warhorse...fetishiz[ing] the Book of Revelation...Christ into a warlord" How do so many good and smart people do this? Exceptionalism is surely a powerful force...winning, better than, more deserving, me first, me, me, me, I, I, I. Phil 2:1-11 should be enough, nothing else needs to be said. And yet...Appreciate what you are doing, please keep writing.
Thanks, Steve. I appreciate the encouragement. I know a lot of us feel this way. Hopefully by putting these thoughts out there we can give permission for people to struggle with this in community.