We are not called to be pure.
Did God stay pure and clean up in heaven?
No.
God came to the earth and got dirty.
Therefore God calls use to get dirty.
“Be dirty as I am dirty”
That is what we are called to do.
Holiness does not equal purity.
Holiness requires messiness.
We need a passion to get dirty.
The good thing is God built this within everyone.
Find it and unleash it.
Have a Passion for Dirtiness.
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- Blair is a graduate of Mercer University in Macon, GA. Where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Communication and Theatre Arts and a minor in Christianity. Blair earned his M. Div. from the McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta. Blair is currently pursuing the Blairology Global Project. Blair is an Eagle Scout.
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What is your definition of "pure"? and what is your definition of "dirty"?
what is yours?
Blair...no using the Socratic Method on Katy!
yeah what in the world...you wrote the piece...what is your definition of "pure" and "dirty" as you used them in "Passion for Dirtiness". Come on now.
The point is not what it means to me…
only what it means to you…
You can't play postmodern word games with those who interact with you. It makes you look as if you don't even know what you meant. To me you have twisted Scripture to mean something that it doesn't. First, God does call us to be holy. What that means to God is ultimatly of the most importance. Secondly, God did call us to be pure. Purity isn't the opposite of dirtiness unless you see dirtiness as sin. If you are saying God call us to be sinful, then you have some serious problems. So quit avoiding the quesiton and just explain your piece -- it might actually be helpful to some people then.
With my qualms about socratic method (I have to deal with it enough as it is) expressed, I am going to disagree with Mr. D.R.'s definition of dirtiness as being sin.
Growning up working on both a farm and highway construction crews, it was the common view that if your clothes weren't nasty as can be at the end of the day, you hadn't actually been working. In the spiritual sense, I see it as the same way....you have to get some dirt on your clothes if you want to effectivly minister. One of the biggest criticisms thrown at Christ by the Pharisee party of His day was that He "ate with publicans and sinners", His disciples "dishonored the Sabbath by picking corn", He let a "dirty" woman wash His feet....He wasn't concerned with purity as much as he was concerned with people.
That is my view.... In ministry, in politics, in life in general, People are the most important thing...if you're more concerned with ritualistic purity and staying "clean"...you're missing the point. And if you're going to be in contact with other people, if you're going to work...you've got to get a little dirty.
Very well put Travis…
Thank you for sharing what it means to you…
To put it clearly the meaning of purity and dirtiness varies for person to person…
The reason that I share my thoughts is to start a conversation…
If I had simply told what it meant to me from the beginning then one would not have to think about it any farther…
I agree with Travis and with any meaning of purity and dirtiness that fits the model that I created in the Post…
In my life I get theologically dirty all the time but I am sometimes hesitant to get physically dirty…
If I were to be theologically pure then I could not think about all the questions that I do… I would not have to think at all… I would be apart from real life and not doing anything of value…
To become pure, requires us to be more and more isolated from the world and less and less effective as agents of redemption…
The ultimate act of redemption illustrates this…
Jesus’ life and death on a cross…
The most dirty, unclean and impure…
That is dirty redemption…
That is a Passion for Dirtiness…
WOW! This provokes thought. You know I love to think. I agree with Travis. I interpreted your post almost the exact way he did.
WOW! This provokes thought. You know I love to think. I agree with Travis. I interpreted your post almost the exact way he did.
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