My wife and I have been reading “Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God” by Greg Boyd (check it out via Amazon).

Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor? James 4:11-12

Can you imagine what your community would be like if you applied this at all times and then it spread to others? And yet, even as I read it I imagine some one saying, “But what if…”

Even though we know our community would be transformed…

Even though, if one is a Christian, we should be submitted to the Word…

Even though…

Everybody I know has a big but.