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 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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