Religious vs. Spiritual

By Ryan, January 9, 2009

Here I am, making my glorious return to the blogosphere. After being away from it for the last month, I bet you can imagine how inspired I had to be to come back. The inspiration for this post came from a bumper sticker I saw at work recently, which said “Spiritual people inspire me. Religious people frighten me!” True to its purpose, this sticker made me start thinking about the differences between being spiritual and just being religious. Here are a few of the key differences I found:

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE...	SPIRITUAL PEOPLE...
...quote the Bible	...apply the Bible
...talk about God’s love	...demonstrate God’s love
...see Sunday morning as a chance to worship	...see their life as a chance to worship
...give money to God	...give time to God
...believe that their Christian lives can be “good enough”	...constantly look for ways to grow closer to God

Which one are you? Being religious is not enough. God created us to be spiritual. It’s our job. If you follow the job description on the left, you have the wrong idea about Christianity.

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