Now it would seem that the obvious answer to the above question would be: NO!" But recently I was challenged by another point of view. Now before I get into this I would make clear that I'm not thinking of convictions concerning the 10 Commandments or our relationship with Christ but there are other things that come into play as we live the Christian life.

In his book, Messy Spirituality, Mike Yaconelli borrows a story from the book, The Easy Yoke, by Doug Webster to make a point about personal convictions. "An idealistic college student went on a mission trip to one of the more dangerous h...