What a day! Me and my big mouth!

[whatevergirl]

Sorry Whatever, Jesus said we would be a sign of contradiction. People are offended by the gospel, because it convicts them of sin. We either admit we are sinners or try to justify ourselves. If I deny my sinfulness a Christian who holds up a moral standard will make me very angry, no matter how much he loves me.

I think you misread what I was trying to say or I wasn’t clear…I meant that we-- in our delivery, do not have to offend others with the message of Christ.

 

[jules11]

You’re right. You should have stood in bed.

Matthew

Huh??? Stood in bed???

 

[Norseman82]

A person is a fanaticial nutcase if he is willing to lose his job for the gospel?

Let me ask you this: if your children or grandchildren have a supervisor at work who was cohabitating, are you going to accuse them of betraying the gospel if they don’t lecture the supervisor about his/her immoral lifestyle?

Don’t get me wrong - if the “other side” brings it up, then I think we are safe in calmly responding, and the same HR policies can in turn be used in our favor to defend ourselves. And as other posters brought up, there are ways of accomplishing your goal - for example, talking in a low enough volume so as not to disturb others, knowing your coworkers well enough to know what can and can’t be said in front of whom, etc.

But what I am taking issue with is your response to kage_ar - and using the “It is better to obey God than men” response that Peter used in the example you quoted from Acts as carte blanche to simply disregard policies leads to a dangerous “I am above the law” mentality that leads to people justifying bombing abortion clinics - so yes, sometimes it does lead to becoming “fanatical nutcases”.

And BTW, don’t discount the importance of holding honest employment. St. Paul somewhere in the NT talked about its importance.