Faith & Film
12/9/2012 Richard Langer
Taste
Don’t Give reasons
Don’t “Convert”
Expect diversity
Doesn’t matter
Morality
Do give reasons (important)
“Convert” (attempt)
“Universality”
Does matter
Society dicotomises the two categories but there is a third…
Personal Conviction
Differences
Matters -> Give reason
Don’t convert -> expect diversity
Reasoned
Conversations
Personal account to Jesus but not to each other
How / What kind of guidance?
Romans 14
Matters of opinion
Disputable matters
Weak has hyperactive concious
Strong has weak (inactive?)
Proximate causation e.g. Hitler’s Architect
v.6 For Honoring the Lord
Not Permissible, but what is pleasing
Absolutes vs. Subjective
Freedom but accountability
Caution
Avoid judging others
Don’t offend weaker brother
Pursue that uplifts
Be a coach, not a referee