I admit,
after reading the
article by Joy Pullmann, I was both frustrated and angry – especially since
I had read Pastors
Must Address Politics (and everything else) From the Pulpit. • by Gary DeMar
just minutes before that. Truly, what will it take?
Are you a
pastor? The Apostle Paul was a great fighter. His fighting was
partly against external enemies—against hardships of all kinds. Five times he
was scourged by the Jews, three times by the Romans; he suffered
shipwreck four times; and was in perils of waters, in perils of robbers,
in perils by his own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the
city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false
brethren. And finally he came to the logical end of such a life, by the
headsman’s axe. It was hardly a peaceful life, but was rather a life of wild
adventure. Lindbergh, I suppose, got a thrill when he hopped off to Paris, and
people are in search of thrills today; but if you wanted a really
unbroken succession of thrills, I think you could hardly do better than try
knocking around the Roman Empire of the first century with the Apostle Paul,
engaged in the unpopular business of turning the world upside down.
- The
Good Fight of Faith, by J. Gresham Machen (1929) (Involves conflict)
To whom
much is given – much is required!
Do you sit in DaPews? Why are you there? Is it just to spend time singing
love songs to Jesus once a week and learn how to be nice to everyone? Who is your
Lord and Master? Is it some pussyfooting wimp who never said an unkind word to
anyone or Read
The Gospels To Discover The Jesus Nobody Likes To Talk About - By Glenn T.
Stanton
Who are we, fellow Christians? Is it time to end our children’s games and
grow up - and
get to work! Is it time to stop playing Christian whack-a-mole and actually
carry out our sacred duty of destroying the works of OldDevilScratch?
If you are new here and wondering what this rant is about – start here – for an introduction.
The items I read today were not totally new to me but they disturbed my
comfort level and normalcy bias to the point that I will speak with my local
bank folks to see what their position is on this and other issues.
As I have said on numerous occasions in the past, if the tens of millions
of Christians actually ACTED as Christians, it would cause a cultural,
economic, political and educational EARTHQUAKE! Our economic effect alone on a
nationwide boycott or similar action would get their attention.
Remember – wise as serpents and harmless as doves! But remember
also – war has been declared upon us – what say we act accordingly!
