The disciple's way of being right

Pete Greig who leads a worldwide 24-7 prayer movement among college students, has a great article on their blog.  His tag phrase is, "100% right!... but only partly".  I think this phrase touches a useful thought on the disciple's approach to "our way of following Jesus" in a diverse World-Christian community.  And the phrase also has great value for talking to unchurched and dechurched people about Jesus.

In a related vein, Simon Barrow, columnist for the Telegraph in the U.K. has a valuable defintion of faith in his recent column about Richard Dawkins' Atheist busboard advertisements:

Whether it rules in or out the transcendent God whose unconditional love many of us discover in and through the lesions of a free universe which can be both terrifyingly tragic and gloriously inspiring is, it seems to me, another matter altogether – and one that will not be settled by vituperative, knock-down arguments.  It is, rather, a matter of faith. By this I do not mean the denial of rationality, but the kind of reasoning appropriate to a mystery which can never be captured by human mastery, and which requires an encounter with the personal (that is, the struggle to love) to perceive.  

It seems that what Pete is saying--hold onto your way with tenacious grace knowing that your knowledge is not complete and God loves diversity and what Simon is saying--faith is not a blind leap but a reasoned grasp of God's mystery and revelation, are both valuable perspectives for people loving, following and serving Jesus in this generation.