Posts Tagged ‘social issues’
In Front of Your Eyes
Many times, we are faced with facts we just do not want to believe. Sometimes the facts make us sad. Sometimes the facts make us want to crawl under a rock and hide. The only way, we think, to survive is to deny the facts in front of our eyes. At that time, the Pharisees…
Read MoreSave our Children
The other day I went to see the movie Sound of Freedom and was profoundly disturbed. Knowing what happens to children in the wickedness of the slave trade was not the same as watching it. We are supposed to protect children. We are supposed to honor children. We are not supposed to harm them. At…
Read MoreRejecting God
Ever since Eve listened to the advice of the serpent, humanity has been stuck between a rock and hard place. On the one hand, we hear God’s voice in our hearts calling us to a better life. On the other hand, we hear the devil’s voice urging us on to please our ego. More often…
Read MoreThe Divine Standard
One of the things I’ve noticed recently about keyboard warriors is that they rarely live the message they proclaim. This is not limited to Christians. It seems lately that everyone is ready and willing to offer advice and demand behavior shifts to anyone and everyone who is ‘lucky enough’ to read the comment section. It…
Read MoreConformity
Lately when I watch the news, I no longer doubt the treatment and torture of the martyrs. The current rise in our inability to differ without violence, for me anyway, validates the stories of the martyrs. We live in a society that demands conformity. We refuse at our own risk. Conformity in driving laws and…
Read MoreStubborn in our Sin
There is a new movie being released soon. Greeks those who love Greek life are very excited. The third, and I hope final, Greek wedding movie has just released a trailer. I admit it looks like a fun movie about Greece, but something in the trailer has caught the attention of those in the Church.…
Read MoreFrog in Boiling Water
As I was reviewing today’s scripture readings, I realized that Christians ‘back then’ were much more bold in their faith than we are today. Every day we read accounts of martyrs for Christ, the vast majority of them martyred in the first three centuries of the Church. It isn’t that they didn’t sin. They did…
Read MoreIs Your Faith an Inspiration to Others?
Christmas is drawing near and ‘all attention’ is on Christians. People want to see how we behave. They don’t care so much what we say if it doesn’t match how we behave. Do we go through each day preoccupied with pleasure rather than focusing on divine discipline? We say we are Christians. When people see…
Read MoreReap what you sow
Many people in America lately speak about ‘keeping their faith to themselves’ for fear of retribution or social exclusion. We live in constant fear that our faith will be used against us. This fear is well founded considering the nightly news. It might be well founded but it leads to isolation. Brethren, he who sows…
Read MoreHumans are not Animals
We all grew up learning in biology that the world’s living things consisted of plants and animals. We humans were among the animals. We were different from the other animals, but we were also the same. It may be true that humans are part of the animal kingdom, and that we share some of the…
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