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Gray Matters
The team at Boundless is featuring a great little series on discernment by my buddy and fellow pastor and New Attitude guru, Eric Simmons. In the series entitled "Gray Matters," Eric shares five principles of discernment. He kicks off his article with this tantalizing introduction:
Gray matters. We all deal with them...those places in our lives where the line between "right" and "wrong" gets fuzzy. Or even disappears.Don't stop here, read the rest of the article.
Is it OK just to fast-forward the sex scene and watch the rest of the movie?
Should I smoke a cigar with my unbelieving father?
How tight is too tight?
Can a Christian play poker?
Can I have a beer with dinner?
I can't tell you which movies to watch or what music to listen to. I can't give you a list of Do's and Don'ts. But together we can go to Scripture to cultivate discernment in the gray matters.
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Comments (4)
Exactly what I need as of the moment. "All things are permissible but not all things are beneficial." We must strive to choose to do things that will glorify our Lord, and those that will glorify our Lord will definitely benefit our souls. Thanks to Eric for the wise insights. I emailed the articles to friends! :)
Posted by manet | May 9, 2007 6:08 PM
Hi Josh I just want to thank you for this post and the past one as well, they've helped me alot as i seek to counsel a young fellow, and for sure they were encouraging and challenging to myself as well.
Thank you very much for your ministry, each day I'm more thankfull to God to be able to know the english language and then to be able to usufruct of your ministry, I still pray and think in my brazilians brothers who can't, I really wish we had more of your ministry translated into portuguese.
I pray that God keep blessing you and making you capable and wise. Thank you very much.
Posted by Filipe Niel | May 10, 2007 9:17 AM
heys!! wow.. i really want that book! but they dun have it in singapore yet:(
Posted by rachel | May 10, 2007 11:32 AM
Hi, Josh. I am a homeschooled 9th grader. You're website is really cool. I really like your brother's Alex and Brett's rebelution website. I love how you guys take such a stand for GOD. Keep the faith! And I really enjoyed that article. It's on the rebelution too! thanks and GOD BLESS
IN CHRIST
Stace
Posted by Stacie | May 14, 2007 5:10 PM