"Social tolerance means that we treat other people with respect regardless of their religious views. We believe all people are created in the image of God and therefore have dignity and worth."
"The third kind of tolerance is intellectual; that is, the question of whether one is willing to compromise his fundamental beliefs . . . Those who dialogue with other religions with the intention of integrating such beliefs . . . "
Erwin W. Lutzer
Christ Among Other gods
Moody Publishing 1994
p. 197
A man or woman is of immeasureable worth, no matter what they believe! But what each person believes bears eternal consequences.
Lutzer warns, rather emphatically, that Christian tolerance has limits--particularly at the point where tolerance begins changing the landscape of God's Word.
We can't mix a little Christianity with a little karma, and a little astrology. What God's Word forbids, we cannot add without sinning--and without deceiving others.
Two Scriptures come to mind: "The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth. Purified seven times." Psalm 12: 6 NKJV
God's Word is not a haphazard word. It is tried and proven. Lutzer wrote another book on the trustworthiness of God's Word. It holds up under scrutiny.
"Dead flies putrefy the perfumer's ointment, and cause it to give off a foul odor; So does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor." Ecclesiastes 10: 1 NKJV
Little flies--little follies become the ruin of something precious.
This has been a pretty heavy couple weeks in my blog; not where I intended to go and frankly, not where I wanted to go. But I feel it's a time and place that God has asked me to take a stand.
EverGrowing--not always willingly,
Lonnie
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