Christians Make A Difference

The hatred that spews from the network television shows, the internet, & politicians toward Christians, hurts everyone.  They try to stir up public opinion against Christians, that we are the bad guys and need to be run out-of-town.  Why?  Because we’re against most of the issues driving corporate America these days like greed and gay rights.  We are opposed to making families jobless just to make the stockholders & CEO’s more wealthy.  We are opposed to the murder of children by clinics who lie about women’s health, making profits of over a billion/year.  We are opposed to the unnatural union of gays and lesbians in legal marriage, creating a cultural abnormality.  We are opposed to polygamy and those who would declare the Bible corrupt.  In general, I guess we opposed everything that would make the cultural left happy!

Christians have made a distinct mark on civilization and America in particular.  Our founding fathers used the general principles of Christianity for our independence, our legal rights, and system of government.  The development of higher education, science, and medicine, all were from Christianity.  Art and music were inestimably benefited by believers in Christ.  It was the Christians that opposed slavery first and it is the Christian that is generally a better citizen in any government.

Why would a Christian be a better citizen or employee you ask?  Because Jesus taught that it is wrong to steal and kill.  He taught that government is  empowered by God, therefore we should respect and submit to it.  We are taught to love our fellow-man and reach out to help those in need.  Even today, it is Christians who are quickly on the scene when disaster strikes.  Christian relief has assisted Haiti, Sudan, Somalia, Belize, Japan, and every other location where humans were hurting or in need.  So we’re the bad guys… right, you just keep believing that lie.  We still love you, but our actions speak for themselves.

The reason you really hate us is the problem you have with God.  He is the one who doesn’t approve of your sin.  If every Christian in the world signed over a letter saying you have our approval for whatever sin you want to commit, it wouldn’t carry any legal weight with God.  He is the judge and jury.  And even if we approved of your actions, you wouldn’t quit your hate filled racist attitude toward us until we actually participated in sin with you.  You want us to be like you, a guilt ridden, unhappy human whose hatred for Christianity blinds one from the truth.

Listen, our side is better… come on over!  Being a traitor to your cause has never been easier or had so many benefits.  You get to hang out with the best people in the world!  Medical plans don’t matter, it’s better on the other side for us, anyway!  We live in the light of the Son and know that God loves us!  It just doesn’t get any better.  We’ll even pay your way to the third world country of your choice and let you dig wells for clean water or teach kids to read.  Not only that, but faith in Jesus… get ready for this… guarantees you a mansion in Heaven.  Is that awesome or what?

Now, you’re going to have to read the Bible some.  I’ll give you a heads up, it isn’t what you’ve been told.  The truths contained in that book are amazing and historically accurate at the same time.  It really isn’t just a children’s book, but the “inspired” Word of God!

At least consider it!  You don’t even have to carry around a Bible these days, look at it online!  You can do it when no one is around, until you feel like you are ready to commit.  I’d recommend downloading the app “YouVersion“.  And just to make you feel better, that you’re not alone… YouVersion has been downloaded over 50 million times.  The world is full of Christians. Estimates vary, but the number is close to 2 billion!  Christianity rocks, come on over!  Join us, we’re the ones who make a difference!

Originally published May 14, 2012 at Thechestnutburr.com

Wake up Paul Revere!

     For over a quarter century, Jeremiah warned the Jewish people that the enemy was coming.  There was nothing that could be done to stop them, except remove all the idols and repent.  If they did that, maybe God would change his mind on the coming destruction.  Needless to say, they did not repent and the nation fell to the Babylonian army.

  
     America is under very similar circumstances.  There truly has been a great falling away from God!  America was once considered a "Christian" nation.  We lost that battle when liberals studied themselves stupid.  They decided religious white Europeans were the problem here.  They started turning our children away from Biblical truths and toward humanism and other atheistic ideas.  The media saturated the airwaves with propaganda, all in an effort to weaken and tear down the American way.  It had to be destroyed because it was too interconnected with Christianity.  In the liberal view, the baby had to be thrown out with the bathwater.

     They took prayer out of schools.  Creation was no longer allowed to be taught because evolution was deemed the correct interpretation.  It became legal to murder babies in the womb so a mother could have "choice".  The ACLU fought religion in the courts at every turn and now, companies even worry about the legality of an employee saying "merry Christmas"!  Homosexuality is now popular, and there are actually arguments for same sex marriage!  This hasn't been a slow moral decline because it happened in my lifetime.  It's been a fast ride with no brakes!  We had no one to stand up and say, "Stop"!

     It's probably very much like what happened in Israel.  The people were having a good time.  Money was good, food & drink were great, what's a little compromise, right?  The majority wouldn't believe there was an army coming until they saw soldiers outside the city walls.  After all, they were God's chosen people!  He wouldn't allow such a thing, but He did!  God called the Babylonians!  "Hey, Nebuchadnezzar, have you noticed all the wealth in the land of Israel"?

     I watched The Third Jihad over the weekend and it scared me!  I knew it already, but they are coming!  We need a Paul Revere to shout, "the Muslims are coming, the Muslims are coming"!  Let me tell you a little about them.  Muslims do not believe in Jesus as the Son of God.  They believe it is okay to lie to anyone who is not a Muslim.  Martyrdom to a Muslim is a backstage pass to Heaven.  The media want you to believe there are only a few Muslim radicals.  Listen, they are all radicals!  In the movie, a mother encouraged three of her ten children to be suicide bombers.  She was hailed as a hero and said that she was willing to sacrifice the other seven for the cause!  They take over countries by immigration.  They flood into it and they have a tremendous birthrate.  It is three times higher than most.  Over time they just vote Muslim law into place.  Christians and Jews need not apply.  It is a statistical fact that Germany will be a Muslim country by 2050.  Europe will fall shortly after.

     Americans need to make a radical change!  We're too nice to defeat them militarily.  The liberals have indoctrinated us with so much tolerance, we'll welcome them in and try not to offend.  Our only hope is repentance and prayer!  Maybe God will spare us the coming "century of terror" if we'll put aside our idols and turn back to Him!