Smith Temple Church of God in Christ

Archive for December, 2009

I had a friend, who happened to be Islamic, with whom I would have a lot of discussions about differing perspectives on life.  One day we were discussing religion.  Religion being how we express our faith.  And, he made the statement that, in his opinion, the difference between Islam and Christianity was the commitment to our religion.  He used the analogy of two boxes.  A big box and a little box, with the little box sitting in the big box.  In Islam, the big box was their religion and the little box was their life.  In Christianity, the big box is our life and the little box is our religion.  Instead of being Christians at all times, many of us turn it on only on Sunday mornings for a couple of hours.  Thus, the 2/1 Christian.  A Christian for two hours on Sundays. Read the rest of this entry »