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%INCONGRUOUS CONSISTENT IDEAL VALUE ATTITUDE CHRIST 960316

     Often   Christians   maintain  ideals,   values   and
attitudes  which  are  inconsistent  with  the  life   and
teachings of Jesus to  whom they pay lip service to. Often
they  maintain  that the ideals,  values and attitudes  by
which  they  live  and die are God-given  and  blessed  in
Heaven.     Their ideals,  values and  attitudes are  dis-
integrative  of persons and communities,  for they tend to
promote  and maintain conflict;  rather  than lead to  the
resolution of resolve conflicts as peacemakers.

     People who are preoccupied with issues of control and
appearances often  hide  behind  masks  of respectability;
claiming to be servants,  disciples,  followers of  Christ
who lived and died to liberate us from such preoccupations
with issues of control and appearances.    We need to look
behind their masks to see who is really there.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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