cultural hope
“When we are completly immersed in a socity of people who consider a particular idolatrous attachment normal, it becomes almost impossible to discern it for what it is”
-Timothy Keller,Counterfit Gods pg130
Working for the Kingdom?
It seems whenever Christians (whether on the right or the left) want to “bring about the kingdom” we miss the kingdom that has already been brought by grace; we stop proclaiming God’s plan and finished work in Jesus, and start working to “finally get it done”.
Why I get mad at Christians
Dear God, I know it’s been a few years since you did the whole “I will smiteth thee” thing (unless Pat Robertson is right… well, we wont go there…), but do you think you could go all Old Testament on these jackass douche bags?
Thoughts in a Haystack: Georgia On My Mind … and Out of Its. (ht to Harmless Anarchist over at the BHT)
“Hey guys, I got an idea: how about instead of defending and fighting for the little girls caught up in sex trade and slavery in our area we go ahead and make sure they know they a criminals… you know to ’scare them straight’. Ya, that’ll solve the problems of 12 yr olds wanting to get into whoring. Gotta teach them it’s not a good career path.”
Ya, cause that’s WWJD and all…
I cannot even express how furious this makes me. I want to punch each and every one of these bastards in the throat. It makes me sick to think that people who clam to follow Jesus not only refuse to fight against sexual slavery and the abuse of young children but also want to criminalize them for the abuse they have suffered.
This is evil. This is how I know humanity is broken and wretched to the core.
Oh God that you would break the teeth of the wicked…
Father, Husband, Theological Dreamer, Web Designer, Photographer, Coffee Chugger... Jesus obsessed & dreaming of a better Christianity. It's kind of like listening to a cross between guerrilla radio and a street corner prophet with a bad case of tourettes.
