ENDORSEMENT, VALIDATION & CULTURE
Recently my brother and I were talking about a prominent gospel artist who was celebrating a prominent secular artist on his page on social media. Note, there was no hate in us for the personalities involved; we were only being objective that night in the discussion of culture.
Read more: ENDORSEMENT, VALIDATION & CULTUREBuilding a culture requires a bit of extremism especially if you desire to have a pure breed in days ahead. As you climb the ladder of influence in your culture, a lot of things become more harmful in building and entrenching your cultures and a lot of association becomes a liability to the growth of your culture.
A friend of mine was having an event and I felt I should share in the joy by sharing the pictures but the images though not X-rated but were a little more harmful to the side of the culture I believe I belong to. Such and more is our duty to our kingdom culture especially if you truly believe it.
Publicly professing a culture will put you at loggerhead with your friends on the other side. Of course, they are not serial killers but your alignment, beliefs, and public actions are meant to differ.
Extremism is bad when it tends towards violence against another human. There is nothing wrong with being extremely good and loving. After defining our culture, building and sustaining it to the point of having it as a legacy will demand a bit of extremism.
How extreme are you willing to go for the kingdom of God? Note extremism is not stupidity.
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