Posted on 09/08/2010 7:29:42 AM PDT by DrewsMum
Jesus was ALL about politics of the time! He was fighting (albeit mostly passively) against the status quo. Remind your friends about that time Jesus went off on the moneychangers in the Temple—did He do that peacefully and lovingly, kindly asking the corrupt moneychangers, y’all, please don’t do that! with rainbows and sunshine and little singing birds all around him?
Heck, no! He yelled at them and flipped over their tables and took a whip to them, chasing them out of a place they had no business being in!
You keep fighting the good fight, mama. Your friends are wrong. Jesus came as a lamb then, but will return as a LION!
Fight on!
“They say Christianity of about LOVE and they way I react is NOT what Jesus would do”
How about when Jesus thrashed the moneychangers in the temple and rebuked the Pharisees for their hypocrisy. Tell your academics to shove it.
I’ve been here a while just haven’t posted articles very much....
and I am a little bitter from having some legitimate breaking news stuff pulled from “breaking”, so I am being rebellious.
I’ve been here a while just haven’t posted articles very much....
and I am a little bitter from having some legitimate breaking news stuff pulled from “breaking”, so I am being rebellious.
Jesus ripped the Jewish authorities to shreds and was hung on a cross. John the Baptist condemned King Herod and lost his head.
In Before the Zot. :-)
Here is just one passage from God’s Word where King David had insight about God’s attitude towards corrupt leaders:
http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+94
Christians started and made this country.
So......why should Christians be involved in politics? And any reference to scripture is certainly welcome!!
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I’m always reminded of the Apostle Paul.
This man knew his politics! He knew the political game from a Jewish, Greek and Roman point of view. And he used his political gravitas to further the gospel.
How? By appealing to Ceasar. Paul used his legal and political rights to travel to Rome and spread the Gospel along the way.
And we Christians today have that same right as Paul did. We have even an obligation to know our laws and study the Constitution to stand up for our beliefs.
So yes. A Christian can be politically active.
You’re doing fine. Don’t worry about posting vanities. I’m like many FReeprs who may razz ya a little, but I’m also one who can positively respond.
See my post 30 for instance.
I think Christianity absolutely has to affect politics and anyone who says no neither understands their faith nor the basic definition of the word polis, which is where we get the word politics. Politics is how we govern our community. Our faith will inform us on all of our values about everything - should we eat people, abort babies, participate in orgies, etc. etc. I’m about read to start digging into a great book by Eric Metaxas about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a devout man of God who was one of the group who tried to assassinate Hitler. Yes, our Christianity must inform out politics, otherwise, why not just sit up on a mountaintop and meditate on God all the time? I don’t think so.
Thank you, I am sending that viral!!!
I do run into this. It’s not a zot, it’s a good question.
It is important to keep personal hatred out of our positions, but IMHO just as libs use “taking care of the poor” as an excuse to be liberal, I use “taking the poor for a ride” as an excuse to be conservative. Standing back and watching people use the system to destroy lives is just as unChristian as standing back and watching people starve.
Remember Jesus threw the money changers out of the temple.
Jesus did say “render unto Ceasar”. We still do pay our taxes. But when he saw poor people being taken advantage of, he acted. The poor in the temple were forced by the system to buy things of which they normally had no need, and the system had set up a racket to “help them out”.
Here are also a few articles.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122608/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2524160/posts
Not only that but Jesus predicted the destruction of the Temple.
LOL! So true... but I hope that ministers tell us the truth and not what our “itching ears want to hear.”
I've often wondered if what Jesus was trying to convey was that they were 'non-repentant'.
It wasn't that Jesus was saying 'everyone get's into heaven except homos'. At least I don't believe that is what he was trying to say.
Not only that but Jesus predicted the destruction of the Temple.
Do these Christians know what this country was founded upon? Do they know the story of John Winthrope or Increase Mathers? Do they not know of religious people’s involvement in the abolition of slavery and getting black people’s civil rights recognized? Should Christians stand by while millions of babies are murdered?
You go, girl.
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