WOW! Is THAT what you think I was saying? That the Bible will "change your life" the way that products on informercials will? That I'm "selling" a cheap and greasy Gospel that your life will be all hunky dory if you just read the Bible?
I'm sitting wondering what it is about me and my posts and must give people the impression that I am swimming on the shallow end of the spiritual pool.
No, I don't think you mean "changed life" in the same way that infomercials do.
BUT...do those shallow swimmers get what you mean? What about unbelievers?
When you set this "changed life" next to what the world is offering, do they get it?
Cheap infomercial promises are ambiguous - It'll change your life. It places this "change" in the realm of the subjective, where the listener dreams and imagines what this changed life will look like.
Much like the "change" our fine president offered on the campaign trail. Shallow, vague, ambiguous.
I believe most who participate here would probably know what you mean. But what about the many who happen by and peek in?
Also, if this were the only place you speak of this ambiguous "changed life", all might be well. But this has become the hallmark of catch-phrase Christianity, where unbelievers are bombarded with a form of godliness that denies the power thereof
Let's throw your "changed life" in the midst of what the world offers:
XYZ Career Institute will change your life
Crest teeth whitening strips will change your life
Bosley hair treatment will change your life
ProActive acne medicine will change your life
Tony Robbins real estate course will change uour life
Jesus will change your life
Cancer Treatment Center will change your life
Magic Bullet juicer will change your life
They're all laden with ambiguity. But when left to the imagination of the natural man or shallow believers, most would rather have their life changed by money than God.
That ambiguity places the "changed life" in the same arena as cheap infomercial products, thereby reducing Christianity to a cheap sales pitch
I'm thinking less about what you meant, and more about how it's received.
What good is it if 100 people agree with what you say, but only 1 understands what you mean?