OK, this is my latest fave phrase from Jon Acuff, as he uses it to explain why Christians are jerks.
Just like a student decides to clean up their room rather than work on the big assignment that is due soon, so we can sometimes focus on things make us feel better, but really aren't that important.
Whether it's finding faults in celebrities who are Christians, branding large segments of the community as 'sinners' (as if we're not), or lamenting the low number of people who attend church - all of them make us feel a bit more self-righteous, but don't actually involve loving our neighbour ... the assignment Jesus gave us.
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