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You have a point (obviously; otherwise you probably wouldn’t have written it). But I think we should aim to be consistently good.

Everyone is consistently ’something’. Someone can even be, if I may say so, ‘consistently random’. But your character shows through your actions, whether good or bad. You can’t be mostly good and partly bad or vice versa.

So both goodness and consistency should go together. They can’t be separated.

Anyways, that’s my two cents. I really appreciate your blog ( just discovered it ), and admire your conciseness. Thanks for something to look forward to in the morning other than just pencil shavings a.k.a. cereal.

And I think there’s a large contingent out there that would hold up consistently bad as “better” that inconsistently good. Especially if one expresses a belief that one is consistently good.

i agree with Jeff that there seem to be a lot of people, a lot of Christians i’ve met too, who favor consistent badness above inconsistent goodness. but i disagree with those of that sentiment. i mean, barack obama is extremely consistent in his views on abortion policy, and i consider that heinous - much more so than those inconsistent politicians who draw the line at partial-birth and later term abortions. of course, i’d favor a consistent no-abortion-at-all rule, but i will still take what i can get in the meantime.

It’s the same thing with “progressive.” C.S. Lewis has a great line about how progression is only good if one is progressing in the right direction. If not, the one who abandons the faulty road and turns around is being the most progressive.

Things like progressiveness and consistency are valuable insofar as they advance a certain desirable quality.

I think consistency is sometimes shorthand for the biblical idea of perseverance, learning to trust God (i.e., “be good” more often and for longer stretches.

Not sure how I got that smiley in my comment! Please disregard it. I intended no wink.

You’re either consistent or you’re a hypocrite.

Them’s the breaks.

I think that we have the same problem with the idea of ‘loyalty’. Loyalty and Consistency are not explicitly Christian.

With consistency you know at least a true reading or evaluation of the state of something, and that’s always good, not in any moral sense, but as a tool to determine one’s true state or current status. For example a consistent quarterback is a good bet for throwing a good game. Even if he is consistently lousy, this consistency is helpful for determining how he’ll probably throw the next game.

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I don’t have ‘Christophers’ context but I like the simple pure response…acknowledging sanctification (w/ or w/out the wink). Let love be without hypocrisy…let it be genuine…daily and more and more; saved and being saved.

FT, I need the overabundant grace that God freely gives so I can make responsible choices to please Him.

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