This #MolueMonologue confronts the quiet rise of Christian superiority, judgment disguised as doctrine, and hypocrisy wrapped in Scripture, especially within parts of modern Evangelicalism.
Through deeply human encounters with a Sikh man in Montreal and a Muslim taxi driver in the United Kingdom, it reflects on a painful truth: that people outside the Church sometimes seem to recognize the spirit of Jesus more clearly than those who speak most loudly in His name.
Dear Eustace
Take a look in the mirror. Every religion has its apostates.
A Thought Experiment
Imagine if our faith were judged by the antics of Indaboski, or even by some of the better-known aBOASTates, sorry, apostates, the ones who never stop bragging about the “wealth” delivered to them through carefully crafted Ponzi schemes, wealth they brazenly claim comes from God Himself.
Misplaced Anger
Now imagine a Muslim saturated with hate toward Christianity because of our aBOASTates. Wouldn’t you consider their anger completely misplaced?
Obedience and Reality
If you obeyed Jesus, you wouldn’t feel this way. I’m not living in a fantasy world.
A Story, So It Isn’t Lost
About ten years ago, while visiting Montreal, I went to a laundry on Sherbrooke Road to drop off my clothes. The gentleman attending to me was named Singh. He was Sikh, still practicing, but clean-shaven. Naturally, we spoke about religion. He told me he had cut off his beard and stopped wearing his turban because he was tired of constantly being mistaken for a Muslim. People couldn’t tell the difference, and the pressure was getting to him.
“God Visited Me Today”
We spoke for about thirty minutes. As I was leaving, he said, “I feel like God visited me today.” I still get emotional remembering those words. That was a man searching for affirmation, and the Lord ordained my steps. I had found him on the internet.
What I Did Not Do
That Christmas, 2015, I asked my son to mail him a Bible. I have no doubt the Lord will send the Paraclete to meet him at the point of his spiritual need. What I remember most clearly is that I deliberately avoided preaching. I simply spoke about the compelling sweetness of Christ, and why Christianity works for me.
A Resolution
Let us resolve in our hearts to make everyone we speak to think, in their own hearts, “I feel like Jesus spoke to me today.”
Isa, Son of Mary
Imagine if we all acted or spoke like Isa, the prophet of Islam. Why would any Muslim not hold us in the highest esteem and want to be like us?
Another Story
A few weeks ago, a Muslim taxi driver, born in the UK, took me on a long ride to Heathrow airport. Once again, the conversation drifted toward religion. I told him the same things I’ve just told you. I explained that Trump is not a Christian, and that many Evangelicals are not Christians in any meaningful sense of the word.
The Sigh
He sighed loudly. I asked what was wrong. He replied, “Finally, I understand. I always wondered how people who claim to follow Jesus could support so much injustice.”
The Real Problem
And the fact is, Eustace, you are like most Evangelicals. You think you are superior, or that God has called you to be superior. It is that feeling of superiority that makes people reject mercy or empathy for those they consider inferior, always demanding justice.
Mercy and Justice
Think about it for a moment. Immigrants. The plight of young Black men in America. On and on. Mercy for us. Justice for them. That’s the real problem.
Closing
This is a meditation on mercy, humility, restraint, and the quiet sweetness of Christ.
It asks whether Christianity is truly being represented by compassion and love, or buried beneath arrogance, politics, certainty, and performance religion.
Above all, it asks one haunting question that lingers long after the conversation ends:
Do they feel that Jesus Himself
Has spoken to them?
OK, gotta go. I rest.
Don Kenobi
#MyFrancisEssays
#MercyNotJudgement
#OldManInTheMolue
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