Posted on 05/09/2009 2:29:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
This was not symptomatic of his mind, it is a sickness of the soul. And apparently he has chosen to ignore all the references which have been available to him and decided to sell his soul. The good news is, God can and will forgive him and save his imoortal soul if he turns to Christ. The young man sounds like he’s addicted to the action; the young man is an addict who must be shown tough love.
“Forgiveness is a key tenant of Christianity”
Indeed it is. However, Biblical forgiveness has the prerequisite of repentance.
Considering the wholesale assault against Christians and Christianity going on throughout the culture, a minor little food fight and angry, hurt-filled emails are a rather trivial strawman.
He knew the rules, and broke them. Those who obeyed the rules felt betrayed by his actions, and expressed their displeasure in a less-than-adult manner. Imagine that, teenagers NOT acting mature.
I do NOT condone the actions of ANY of the students who misbehaved, including the one at the root of the problem.
“go and sin no more”
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