The Bulletin
of the
Church of Christ at
New Georgia
Tim Johnson, editor
May 19, 2002
In
This Issue:
Where's
the Contradiction?
By
Steve Klein
Where's the Contradiction?
Last Sunday, Tom got up early and read the newspaper; the comics were seriously funny, but nearly everything else was old news. He smiled grimly as he read an editorial piece that encouraged voters to elect honest politicians to every government organization.
All he'd had for breakfast that morning was the larger half of a grapefruit. So, after his mid-morning cup of coffee, Tom decided to go out for a bite to eat. He went for brunch to a local chain restaurant and ordered the jumbo shrimp. Despite the poor service, he left a tip that was almost exactly fifteen percent.
As he was getting in his car to leave, he sat on his plastic glasses and broke them. Luckily, he had a tube of instant rubber cement in his glove box. He was able to get his glasses glued back together, but "they look pretty ugly," he thought.
After leaving the diner, he went to play golf at the city Country Club. He had a bad round of golf -- he hit his graphite irons really well, but since he hadn't played in awhile, he was very rusty with his metal woods.
By the way, although Tom would tell you that he is a Christian, he didn't go to church last Sunday. He feels the preacher just doesn't' preach entertaining sermons. Besides, he thinks he has better and more important things to do with his time than go to church.
Now, although Tom is a fictitious character, his life is virtual reality for many people. There is really only one main contradiction in Tom's life. What is it? Can you tell? Is it in your life too? Friends, if we claim to be Christians, let us live lives that are consistent with that claim. "As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct..." (1 Peter 1:15).
by Steve Klein