by Stephen Surgener

Created on: April 24, 2007   Last Updated: May 11, 2007

There are such a wide variety of denominations, styles of belief, and just plain out of left field forms of Christianity today, it leaves a person wondering what the point is. Humanists seem to view Christians as weak, and disoriented, living for the sole purpose of pushing morality over on others just cause we can. Pagans are irritated cause the Christian community has taken all their holidays. And New Ager's are accepting of every religion except Christianity for a wide variety of reasons. Now there is a movement within the Christian community of people with strong faith, rejecting the stereotypical "role model" of what a Christian is.

Standing in a crowded room with hundreds of people competing to be heard, the ability to carry on a conversation becomes impossible. Organized religion has become much the same, causing many to step outside, wanting to be able to hear God's word, the Bible. It is a movement away from highlighting partial aspects of scripture. Stepping away from doctrine founded on opinions. Stepping away from a religion trying to claim that following Jesus, makes your life all rainbows, unicorns, and warm fuzzies. It is a movement born of a hunger, and willingness to take God's word right between the eyes. A desire to hear the words "Well done My good and faithful servant".

KISS is an acronym found most often in engineering. It stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. That is the focus of what I have deemed "tomorrow's Christian". Simply Scripture. Nothing but Bible. Knowing Christ, and the Father through the very thing given us for that very purpose. And doing so without bias or slant to try and make the hard parts a little more palatable. Of course this poses a threat to many who are well entrenched within icon Christian existence. Attending a congregation poses certain levels of rejection as a response to that threat. You can settle into a position of fringe fellowship, or push for inclusion, and invoke accusations of creating division. There is a lot of fear spawned by tomorrows Christian. There is a fear of chaotic Biblical rhetoric not founded in sound theology, somehow contaminating the doctrinal foundations of the body. But what I find most, is the fear of conviction. And that is a fear which poses the biggest challenges.

When Mr. Smiley pulls up for Sunday services, he does not want to be confronted with Biblical concepts of a truly Christian life being a life of servitude. That all the pain of this world is still there, and in many ways amplified

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