Lessons I’m learning as a white man...
Too many Christians have a truth problem. I’m a recovering truth problem Christian. Hi, my name is Fred.
It’s not that Christians aren’t telling the truth. They are only using truth as a measure or filter.
There is a reason Philippians 4:8 commands us to think in THESE things: whatsoever things are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy.
If you are a burn victim and I walk up to you and say, “Hey, you are scarred.” I’m telling the truth...but is that noble, is it lovely, is it admirable?
If you are checking your child into the Buddy System at our church and I walk up to you and say “Hey, your child is autistic.” I’m telling the truth but is it excellent, praisworthy, and pure?
When I am weighing what I should and shouldn’t say to my friends who are choosing to be vulnerable with their raw emotions as they suffer and see others suffer...let’s ask ourselves a Philippians 4:8 question and do MORE than just tell the truth.
Lessons I’m learning as a white man.