{"id":491,"date":"2010-01-06T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/christian-party-poopers\/"},"modified":"2010-01-06T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T03:21:00","slug":"christian-party-poopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/christian-party-poopers\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian party poopers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a> \u2018One man\u2019s theology is another man\u2019s belly laugh.\u2019
-Robert A. Heinlein<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

There far too many dour \u2013 yet sincere \u2013 Christians, who only know the life of sorrow and penitence<\/a>. They are permanently prostate \u2013\u2013 repenting of unknown sins, confessing long-forgiven attitudes and humbled because of their own humanity.<\/p>\n

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Red Letter Believers are people who know<\/strong> how to celebrate. <\/em><\/div>\n
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\nJesus says to you, \u2018Get up! I have come to give you joy. I have come to give life \u2014 in abundance.\u2019<\/em> <\/div>\n
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God didn\u2019t save a wretch like me just to keep me a wretch. He took me, wiped the crud from my eyes, scraped the ugly scum from my heart and put a smile on my face. He put me in a seat right next to him and told me to eat up. He gave me this world and told to relish its wonders. <\/div>\n
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\n\u201c\u2018Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.\u2019<\/span><\/em> \u2013 John 16.22<\/em> <\/div>\n
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He put people in my life and told me to influence them with his power and his grace. He put sinners in my way so I could love them and show them a better way.\n

The Grace Party is a raucous party. It\u2019s full of people who have begun to live again. It\u2019s a party other sinners are drawn to, because they too, want to live.<\/em> <\/p><\/div>\n

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If you aren\u2019t sure you\u2019re a legalist, just look at your face! Then look at faces of the company you keep. Sour? Condemning? Critical? Then look at your \u201cparties.\u201d If there\u2019s no joy, no life in them, then its time to put away your rule book and find the authentic Jesus.<\/div>\n
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He came to take the pooper out of your party! <\/em><\/div>\n
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Comment here if you agree \u2014 or disagree.<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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