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About Bruce Williamson
About Joy in Faith, a contemporary spiritual website rooted in Jesus Christ, bring your sense of humor.
Blue Duck is our Director of Creative Images. Yes, he is a rubber duck.
When rubber ducks fly and land
on your head, what can you do but smile.
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This is not an overly serious website. Laugh a little.
Loosen up. Be creative. Find joy in your faith.
For those who need info in a serious format, here it is. The photo shows Bruce and Liz Williamson taking a walk on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas on a hot day, Plus, a short essay states "Why I Am Not A Fundamentalist." And there is a downloadable resume without jokes. A video clip on spiritual gifts may also appear on this page.
e-mail: brucewllmsn@yahoo.com
mobile: (210) 400-0861
Why I Am Not A Fundamentalist
I am not a fundamentalist, because Jesus Christ commands us to act in righteousness. Following his Golden Rule, I must treat others with a full measure of respect. Even if I think they are wrong, sinful, or less enlightened that I suppose I might be, still I must treat them with respect.
I will not diminish Christ's commandments to love and act with compassion. I understand that judging and condemning others is not a substitute for love, nor a loop hole through which I may escape my responsibility to love others. So I am not a fundamentalist.
I understand that the Golden Rule includes tolerance. I accept that there are other people whose lives and moral choices are not the ones I would make. And yet, those folks do not need my permission to live their way. I understand tolerance to be simply a new word that means applying the Golden Rule in daily life, especially toward those who are different from me. So how could I be a fundamentalist.
I do not posses absolute truth, and I doubt that anyone has Absolute Truth, except God. What I have is my perspective or understanding of things. So I will not use the Bible nor the church to try to force others to adopt my understanding of things. I remain humbly aware that I could be wrong, even as I have been wrong in the past. So I am not a fundamentalist.
What we can have, instead of absolute truth, is a relationship with Jesus Christ. Indeed, the Christian faith itself is in essence a relationship of following Jesus Christ. The Christian faith is not primarily a theology nor an ideology, but a reverent following of Jesus. All our theologies, ideologies and explanations of the faith are merely our striving to understand. The fundamentalists are too sure about too much. I am certain that the light of God is a great deal brighter and truer than I will ever be. So I will remain a Christian, but not a fundamentalist.
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