Being the Bad Guys: Rival Gospels

Bottom line, our world is different … dramatically different. (white hat off) And in this world it is not clear that I am one of the good guys. In fact, in this world the majority would probably see me as one of the bad guys, as part of the problem, not the solution. (Black hat on) So … this is my hat now. And, if you guys are anything like me, you are probably bad guys now, too. Looks like we need some hats, right? In the eyes of many in our world, guys like me … old, white, middle-class, educated, Christian … Well, some of them would classify me as sexist, and racist, and privileged (which is a bad thing), and insensitive, and intolerant (which is one of the worst sins possible, right?) Now guys, I hope they are wrong. I don’t want to be any of those things. But by their definitions I am all that, I guess. I hope by God’s definitions I’m not. Because, bottom line, it doesn’t matter what people think of me. It doesn’t even matter what I think of me. What really matters is what God thinks of me, right? If God thinks I’m a bad guy, I have issues. If he thinks I’m doing okay and you don’t, well … I think you have issues, right?