Christ Faith Ministries’ Official blog

There are always conflicts in relationships where people are actively PRACTISING different religions.
NOMINAL members of a religion often coexist fine. I am of German/Dutch descent and my wife is of Ghanaian descent. Differences in culture pale next to differences in faith. I am including difference between CHRISTIANS. If one is “Word-Faith” and another rejects the “prosperity gospel” there is also friction. In the USA, where I live, people also make a religion of politics. A McCain/Palin backer in the same house as an Obama/Biden backer can remind one of the Catholic/Protestant Wars in Northern Ireland!

In business, identical ethical templates are critical. An ethical Christian (and unfortunately not all are) will seldom be able to convince a non-believer to be honest when there is money to be lost by having integrity, but the Christian is likely to compromise in the name of peace. When I was young, it was explained to me like this – if you are standing on a chair, it is impossible to pull someone standing on the floor up onto the chair, but it is easy for even a relatively weak person to pull you off balance so you fall.