Friday, May 25, 2012

discernment (matt7:6)

Matthew 7:6
Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

While not being judgmental (as Jesus has warned in the preceding verses), we are to be discerning. The gospel can and should be freely shared with anyone, when it comes to investing our limited amount of time with people, we need to be discerning. That means that an hour spent arguing in internet comment threads with Dawkins fans is probably not as useful as spending that hour with my neighbour or colleague. the gospel could be shared in both contexts. But if can only do one, it should be the second.

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