You may have noticed a new blogroll in my sidebar: Philophronos Blogging. This is a new blogging concept come up with by Laura and Henry. It’s an effort for Christians to reflect gentleness, respect, and kindness to everyone regardless of belief. It’s an effort to keep debate civil. It was conceived with politics in mind, but I think this is so much bigger than just politics.
philóphrōn: to think, have a mindset. Friendly, courteous, benign (1Peter 3:8). Deriv.: philophrónōs (G5390), in a friendly or kind manner.Philophronos is defined by Louw-Nida in their Dictionary of the New Testament According to Semantic Domains as “pertaining to friendly concern and kindness toward someone.”
Christian bloggers should purposefully express our political beliefs with gentleness and respect, with the intention of setting the example for non-Christians. We’re not all going to agree. We don’t need to agree. But we can debate the issues in such a way that the debate glorifies God and points people to Christ.
If you’re interested, check out the guidelines and then get the code.
I like that. Jesus would have approved of honesty, openness, and integrity, as long as it’s reflected in the charity found in Him.