We've talked in class about how faking transformation leads to pseudo-transformation.
This is when we really don't have the fruits of the Spirit growing in our lives, but we really do a good job of looking the part. We may not have the real thing inside, but we go to church twice on Sunday, tithe, pray a really good prayer, and keep up our privacy walls.
In Ortberg's book, he poses some tough questions to determine if we are settling for pseudo-transformation:
Am I spiritually "inauthentic"?
Am I becoming judgmental or exclusive or proud?
Am I becoming more approachable, or less?
Am I growing weary of pursuing spiritual growth?
Am I measuring my spiritual life in superficial ways?
Interesting, isn't it, that we're always becoming and growing.....but becoming what? Growing into what?
Are you becoming the real deal? Or is it just a good show?
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Pseudo-Transformation
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