{"id":115,"date":"2024-03-08T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/?p=115"},"modified":"2024-03-08T04:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T04:45:34","slug":"radical-for-christ-beyond-face-paint-and-cheers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/2024\/03\/08\/radical-for-christ-beyond-face-paint-and-cheers\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical for Christ: Beyond Face Paint and Cheers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cBear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.\u201d Colossians 3:13<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a world that often associates radicalism with fervent cheers at a football game, the concept takes on a different hue in the realm of faith. Must we paint our faces or shout endlessly for Jesus? Perhaps not. True radicalism, in God&#8217;s eyes, transcends external displays. Being radical for Christ involves responding to God&#8217;s radical call \u2013 forgiving those who&#8217;ve wronged us and loving those who harbor hatred. This, in the eyes of the world, is a radical departure from the norm. It&#8217;s not about loud cheers or vibrant face paint but about embodying the radical love and forgiveness Christ exemplified. While cheering at a game may be deemed radical in one context, the true essence of radicalism lies in embracing God&#8217;s radical teachings. It&#8217;s a call to be counter-cultural, responding to offenses with forgiveness and meeting hatred with love. So, in the grand tapestry of faith, being radical for Christ may not mirror the exuberance of a sporting event, but it transforms lives in a way that resonates far beyond the cheers of a crowd.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-116\" src=\"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/03\/419587064_914183860399054_8302667408624700356_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/03\/419587064_914183860399054_8302667408624700356_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/03\/419587064_914183860399054_8302667408624700356_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/03\/419587064_914183860399054_8302667408624700356_n-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/03\/419587064_914183860399054_8302667408624700356_n.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/hvamath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}