Hypocrites Enjoying The Freedom Of Religion Written by Ryan Kelly
In my last article "Listen My Children And You Shall Hear," I purposely imposed a situation where I included all Christians as enemy in battle for a society based on freedom for all. I received a few responses that anyone would expect to receive when they choose to remove gray areas. While one might believe I hate Christians, it's absolutely not true, and fact that I speak highly of right to freedom of religion indicates my true feeling. What I do dislike is any group that does not hold true to their creed. Being a member of any group, organization, or religion has some responsibility that goes along with being a part it.One response stated: This is reason why this party has been rejected for highest office. Not all Democrats hold to this view and how illogical to lump all Christians into this category. I had hoped that I would get that customary "lumping all Christians into this category" remark. If someone in a group that I belong to is spewing out misleading and hateful dissertations that destroy very ideology of my group's beliefs, I'm going to stand up and make them accountable. So far, I've not seen many good Christians impeding efforts of Falwell, Dobson, Robertson, and others who destroy very concepts of Christianity. When I see that happening then I'll stop my lumping. Another response: I must be missing something in life. I am a "born again" Christian and I have never had anyone complain about my zeal. Perhaps I don't have any. I don't know if threat you feel is real or not, but I think what you are speaking of is not a great movement toward fundamentalism, but more so a great silent majority being awakened. Good people don't complain about zeal, they tolerate it, and I'm not disapproving of zeal. Properly administered it is a worthy practice. However, used excessively and without decency, as it is with fundamentalists, it becomes an undesirable behavior that defeats its purpose. When Christians are aligned with zealotry of bigots and money collectors, they include themselves in that behavior. When this silent majority wakes up their most important task is to separate themselves from those that destroy true Christian message.
| | Take No Thought For Your LifeWritten by Daniel N. Brown
Do you worry? Are you concerned about your future to point where it steals your joy? Jesus said in Matthew 6:25, “Take no thought for your life.”That seems simple enough, but for some reason we don’t get it. We think we have to run our own lives and make things happen. If something isn’t going right we think we have to fix it. There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to make something happen that is never meant to happen. I’ve heard it said that if you try to teach a pig to sing, it will frustrate you and irritate pig. If that pig is meant to sing God will lead him to sing without your help. Sometimes, we are to just take our hands off of things and let God take care of it. Let Him do what only He can do and not worry about outcome. Believe that He has your best interest in mind for He has a wonderful plan for each believer. (Jeremiah 29:11) God wants to govern our lives. When we become saved, Holy Spirit comes to live in our hearts and wants full control. We must die to flesh and give Him that control or else we will be fighting against Him. “God resists proud but gives grace to humble.” (James 4:6)
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