Mike Glenn Being Against Isn’t Enough I grew up in a little mill village church in Huntsville, Alabama. Every Sunday, we were told what NOT to do. We weren’t supposed to drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, dance, go to R-rated movies, or hang around sinners who did those kinds of things. Next Sunday, we’d get back together and praise God we hadn’t done anything. For most of my early life, Christianity was a system of sin management. We were given a list of things we were against. Then, we were taught what to do if we did one of those things -- by accident, of course. We could ask for forgiveness and repent (promise to never to do this again). We were taught how to avoid these mistakes by not hanging around places where these things happened, like local bars.