What role does lifestyle play in the ideology? And, conversely, what role does ideology play in the lifestyle? Another question: What eventually happens to a person who professes a certain ideology but whose lifestyle isn't consistent with what it teaches? Bring this down to where we live: What do Christian standards have to do with being a Christian? I believe the answer is "Everything." Sooner or later, how we live indicates what we believe. A tree is known by its fruit. A person who models the lifestyle of the unsaved is identifying with the unsaved and is putting his salvation at risk. Christian standards are the product of the Christian ideology. |