Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A series of events got me heated on this topic and so I want to say a few things and move on. Let me just say that Christianity in this country has become so watered down it's sick. Christianity is not something that we just do on Sunday's. It's not something we think about when it is convenient for us, and it for sure isn't about getting rich. There seems to be some confusion. It's not about going to "Church" on Sunday's and the rest of the week is fair game for whatever. We can't claim to be Christians and think the only way we are going to be happy is by making as much money as we possibly can. "Sell your possessions, and give to the poor"(Luke 12:33). God is not your personal genie sitting around granting you all the earthly wants you have. Lets freakin' step it up. Sacrifice is what Christianity is. Someone told me they switched churches cause they were no longer entertained. Entertained? Have you ever read the New Testament? Do you think the early Christians were entertained? Do you know what Christianity was for the early Christians? It was praying without ceasing, it was being persecuted for the name of Jesus, it was gathering in someone's home for the breaking of the bread, it was evangelizing daily, it was being martyred. Christianity is not about being entertained. They were crucified, upside down. Burned to death. Beheaded. Stoned. Fed to wild beasts. Come on. Christianity is not about being entertained. It is about sacrificing our lives for the Glory of the Lord. Period. Christianity is about imitating Christ who "emptied himself, taking the form of a slave...being obedient to death, even death on a cross" (Philippians 2:7-8). Don't tell me Christianity is about having a lot of money and/or being entertained.
Lord I pray that my faith would never become watered down. That "Church" wouldn't become a spinning globe behind a stage with someone entertaining me. Instead, that it would be Christ crucified hanging above an altar, with someone reminding me that I need to deny myself, take up my cross and follow Him. (Mark 8:34)
When we can overcome a Christianity that is diluted, we can then truly witness to heaven and earth colliding.
Oh and p.s. planned parenthood: you suck at what you do, except for killing people. "The most important thing kids need to know about pornography is that it most often does not depict reality... caring adults use pornography. Most of them use it to enhance their sex lives knowing that it is much more about fantasy than it is about reality." You're correct in saying porn depicts a false reality, but then you go and say that sex is not about reality. What does that mean for the young people who are taking your advice? You just threw your (correct) argument out the window. Just ridiculous. And you go to schools and teach this stuff to children and teenagers? Shame on you. "It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin" (Luke 17:2). Jesus' words not mine.
