Welfare Respect

If respect is earned and not given, what does that say about welfare bums? Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Pluralism

Jesus didn't say to believe whatever you want.  He didn't say it's all good.  He said that only God is good.  He said that He was the way.  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Matthew 22:36-40 NRSV from Bible Gateway

Matthew 22:36-40 NRSV

"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

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The Law

I think I've commented more on my Asmodeus post than I've blogged this month.  Regarding the law:  I'm sure that St. Paul wasn't just speaking about food and holidays.  I think it was broader than that.  Whether the law is Mosaic or modern man made (religious law), it is still subject to my constitution, which is:  Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.  This is the first and great commandment.  The second is like it, love your neighbor as yourself.  There is no commandment greater than these.


I'll post it from Bible Gateway.

A Different Day

Why not write about it now?  You...voters, lawmakers, Church leaders...you created the society in which the Church founders.  You put liberal values before love of God.  You made social engineering your idol.  Right or wrong, that's what you did.  You sought to include outsiders by white washing everything until it was bland.  You erased our culture.  You removed the Sunday closing acts and wonder why people are busy on Sunday morning.  You removed prayer from youth education, and wonder why generations are churned out who know not their heritage.  Who is Jesus?  Some Christian guy.  I heard a liberal once ironically exclaim that they were saddened that they never use my BCP anymore and I wanted to scream, "You did it!  It was you!"  So, we worship Gaia in the Church now.  Didn't Jesus say not to worry?  Don't worry about your next meal, what you will wear, or about wars and famine?  Don't worry about global warming?  Why not?  I wouldn't mind concentrating on God at Church.  Couldn't hurt....












Separation of Church and State?  I'd settle for leaving politics at the parish door.

Politics in The Church

You don't like to deal with me because you have convinced yourself that your political agenda is what God wants, and that if I was really found/Christian/saved/Anglican I would believe it too.  But it's not what God wants.  It is what the world wants.  God is unchanging.  I feel rough and abrasive like John the Baptist in the wilderness must have been perceived.  It hurts to kick against the goads. 

I am sick and tired of the Church trying to remain relevant in society.  That ship may already have sailed (and in large part due to the liberalizing of the Church and society--an argument for a different day).  Christianity was originally counter cultural.  That's its roots.  We need to be in the world and not part of it.  Then, God's light will shine.

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Even David Myles says, "Livin' in the system conditions the poor."  Yet, people still vote liberal.   Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android