The Christian faith is supposed to make a difference in our lives. If it doesn't, why should we bother with it? If the Christian faith is supposed to make a difference in our lives, then we should expect that Christians will be different. And, Christians are supposed to make a difference in the world. We know these things - and yet, we tend to want to minimize the difference. We want to be like everyone else - not to offend anyone - to make our faith more attractive to others. But it is the difference that gives the Christian faith its power to save. We would do well to remember just how radically different the Christian faith is from the way in which most of the other people we know live and to let that difference turn our lives into adventures in becoming and in changing things.

Paul sa…