The privilege of being called a child of God is a notion that has been lost amongst us. We feel bombarded by the sense of entitlement that, because we bend our knee to the Master, we are somehow above the rest of our neighbors. Our failure to do so, amongst many other failures, has alienated many seeking rest and respite from their world-weary sinful ways. We have become the very thing that Christ warned us about in our Pharisee-Like pursuit of salvation. We have cherry-picked which sins we find more deplorable than others and focused on that which is easy to mend, rather than that which is hard. To the drunkard we say “stay away from the bars”. To the drug addict we punish by putting behind bars. To the adulator, we slap on the wrist in an almost laughable way. To the child-molester we treat as a monster who must be forever condemned. To the murderer, we just sweep under the rug of prison, and try to forget the damage that was done. To the homosexuals we berate and treat as if they were diseased, almost creating a special place in hell reserved specifically for them. And to our youth, we just say “we just want you to be happy” as we send them off to the local youth group with assurance that only Christian Rock Music is in their playlists. We have become a pop-culture order, long since forgetting that we were once the scholars and educators of the world. It was those who longed to serve Christ’s church, that strove for excellence that produced Hospitals, Universities, great works of Art and Music, Philosophies and Science. We who once stood for honor and integrity in service and humility now struggle to find the words to apologetically espouse why we even read the Holy Scriptures. And as such, we have become a caricature of our once former selves. Atheists know more about our Bible than our so-called brothers and sisters in Christ and mercilessly destroy young Christians in arguments because so many are ill equipped with the knowledge necessary to articulate their faith.
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Islam, a religion heavily based of the Gnostic Gospels, is being looked to as the holder of all that is sacred and holy. The Church is being fractured, internally. Not since Luther nailed his 95 Point Theses to the church door in Wittenberg (sic) have we seen such division. But, unlike Luther who was pointing out the gross fallacies of the practices of the Catholic Church by selling Indulgences in replacement of Penances’, The Church is now fractured in order to win converts by turning a blind eye to sins in an attempt to appeal to a more “modern world”. Christ forewarned us that such times were coming and that we were to be ready like virgins with fresh oil in our lamps to give an account. As such, I find myself compelled to seek a more formal education in order to pursue a Masters in Divinity. The question that must be asked is this: how do we love as Christ loves us? How do we make ourselves accountable to the values and standards of our faith yet at the same time realizing that it is only by grace that we are even able to approach the footstool of The Master? To paraphrase and extort, and call to my own; “We few, we humble few, we band of brothers and sisters in Christ. For long ago He who has risen has shed his blood for me.” What greater gift
Islam, a religion heavily based of the Gnostic Gospels, is being looked to as the holder of all that is sacred and holy. The Church is being fractured, internally. Not since Luther nailed his 95 Point Theses to the church door in Wittenberg (sic) have we seen such division. But, unlike Luther who was pointing out the gross fallacies of the practices of the Catholic Church by selling Indulgences in replacement of Penances’, The Church is now fractured in order to win converts by turning a blind eye to sins in an attempt to appeal to a more “modern world”. Christ forewarned us that such times were coming and that we were to be ready like virgins with fresh oil in our lamps to give an account. As such, I find myself compelled to seek a more formal education in order to pursue a Masters in Divinity. The question that must be asked is this: how do we love as Christ loves us? How do we make ourselves accountable to the values and standards of our faith yet at the same time realizing that it is only by grace that we are even able to approach the footstool of The Master? To paraphrase and extort, and call to my own; “We few, we humble few, we band of brothers and sisters in Christ. For long ago He who has risen has shed his blood for me.” What greater gift