Monday, August 21, 2006

A Stumbling Block

An article by Randy Alcorn that I've recently rediscovered per a conversation about meat sacrificed to idols (long story--ask if you're curious)

The article is top notch though, and I thought I'd share it. It is a frustration that some people like to claim that other Christians are being a stumbling block to them--because they are offended at an innocent choice they have made. I remember a conversation I had at a large church in Downtown Minneapolis where the Youth Minister was telling the group that if they wore jeans with holes in them to church they could be a stumbling block to the elder members of the congregation--because these people might be offended at their lack of dressing up for the Lord's day. Hence, if you make that choice, you're in sin.

Ahem...
The stumbling block of 1 Corinthians 8 (and Romans 14) is an action, taken by a biblically informed believer, that does not in itself violate any scriptural precept or principle, but which a less knowledgeable or less mature believer might imitate, in a way that violates his conscience.

get the article here

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