Ek het onlangs 'n artikel op Christianity Today International gelees wat 'n geweldige groot indruk op my gemaak het. Dit het vir my gevoel of ek dit self kon geskryf het, en ek sal moontlik nog 'n soortgelyke artikel skryf met hierdie artikel as inspirasie. Die titel van die artikel is 'Why Niceness Weakens Our Witness' deur Sharon Hodde Miller. Die skryfster word as volg beskryf: "Sharon Hodde Miller, PhD, is a writer, pastor’s wife, and mother of two. ..."

Hier is die inleidende paragraaf van die artikel:

"God did not call you to be nice. This statement has been rattling around in my head for well over a year now, and I haven’t been able to shake it. It has reemerged at crucial moments, not as an excuse to be snarky, angry, or rude, but because I have noticed something going on in my heart, and in the church, for a while now: A competing allegiance. A warm and inviting idolatry that has managed to wedge itself between us and true obedience to Christ."

Lees die volledige artikel hier.