A Stark Contrast

Both in my inbox today.

From openly gap Bishop Gene Robinson who has been invited by Obama to speak at his inauguration: "It is also an indication of the new president's commitment to being the President of all the people. "...[I]t will be my great honor to be there representing... all of us in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community" Robinson said. Robinson will deliver the invocation at Sunday's ceremony, which both Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden are scheduled to attend. According to the AP, "Robinson said he doesn't yet know what he'll say, but he knows he won't use a Bible. 'While that is a holy and sacred text to me, it is not for many Americans,' Robinson said. 'I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my prayer.'"

From Bill Keller who will be presenting the Gospel at the upcoming Florida State Fair: "If you have been called to serve the Lord, now is the time to start serving
Him. There is a lost and dying world outside the four walls of the church
that desperately needs God's Truth and the hope we have in Jesus Christ. God
needs men and women to rise up in these last days who will take His message
of hope to these lost and hurting souls. Paul could have had a nice life
simply preaching to those Believers in the churches of his day. But he
understood that it was the lost who needed to hear the Gospel, since without
Jesus they were going to die and spend eternity in hell. He literally put
his life on the line each day to bring the Good News to the lost and hurting
even though most didn't want to hear it!

The cold hard reality is that a person who dies without Jesus is going to
spend eternity in hell. People are dying and going to hell every second. We,
who possess the words of everlasting life have a responsibility to bring
that message of salvation through faith in Christ to these dying souls. Why
do we spend all of our time, energy, and resources telling the saved how to
be saved, when it is the lost who need to hear those words of everlasting
life?"

There couldn't be a greater difference between these two who both call themselves Christian. Even though I shouldn't be surprised at this point, Gene's comment that he "will be careful not to be especially Christian" is an abomination to the Lord. Can you imagine Paul having that attitude as he went on his missionary trips? Can you imagine having that attitude as you interact with co-workers or strangers at the grocery store? Or does each of us have that attitude from time to time even if it is unintentional?