Surrounding yourself with only people who think like you is the road to arrogance. Having friends who think differently than you (and share their opinion) is a wonderful gift. Last year I sat down with a former TV evangelist and he talked about how there was a strong discouragement to read material that is different than their thinking was. Someone might bring up a book and say, "Have you heard anything about this?" and people would say, "You don't want to mess with that stuff." You might find this as a strange practice, or something unintelligent people do.. that is let people do your thinking for yourself.
I don't think its a good practice.
Amazingly normal and acceptable in most churches, yes. But not a good practice.
But don't take my word for it.
Here are some folks I read for a very different perspective on things: Some are way more helpful than others.
My friends Bobby and Craig
Dan
Team Pyro
The Parish
Kevin
Ed
This is, of course, one of the reasons I read your blog. :)
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