A MinEmergent devotional I received recently contained a quote from Philip Gulley’s book, If the Church Were Christian. I have inserted an editing suggestion in brackets. Consider whether your Christian life is balanced between believing and action, remembering that James 2 says they go hand in hand, and that neither is sufficient without the other.
“This is the great irony of Christ’s Church–a significant number of its members care more about believing certain things about Jesus, than following his an example of love and service. If the church were Christian, mirroring the compassion of Jesus would be more important than [equally important as–by] echoing the orthodoxy that has built up around him.”