compromise

i have come to the conclusion that compromise is the biggest problem we face right now as christians.
i've also come to the conclusion that the antithesis of that- boldness- is the most honorable, the rarest of qualities of not just people, but christians.
all i'd like to see in the church is total truth, the straight up word of God taught to its people.... but we get the emergent church movement.
all i'd like to see is a pres. candidate who is pro-life, anti-terror, pro-small government, and pro-capitalism... but we get john mccain.
even the democrats prefer barack obama to hilary clinton because SHE is the one who chooses to compromise, pleading to her more conservative voters that she supported the war but wants an exit strategy, while obama is as liberal as they get, with no apologies. good for him- at least he's honest.
as far as the church is concerned, i couldn't be sadder that so many in the body of Christ feel the need to advertise christianity, make it flashy.
Hebrews 4:12- "The Word of God is living and active..."
IF our confidence is not in Christ and the infallibility of His Word, so that we need to make it more attractive with our own flowery expression, if we think we need to doctor up the Gospel to make it more appealing, then we are sadly mistaken. we won't "win" people over that way. and we're not doing the Gospel any justice by selling our own brand of it.
so in the same way that mccain's brand of 50% conservatism isn't going to win many votes, flowery half-wise christianity won't convert that many either.
people respect the virtuous and those not willing to compromise...
and wisdom and truth prevail over a shifting paradigm...

I'll leave you with this somewhat related quote:
"The good is always the enemy of the best." - Oswald Chambers