Practice What You Preach

“As a Christian, I have a hard time understanding why some of my Christian friends listen to him so faithfully.”

This is what an acquaintance said about people who listen to Rush Limbaugh, and it was more than likely directed at someone I love dearly.

What’s most upsetting is the beginning of the statement; “As a Christian…” The reason that this is upsetting is because this individual is like so many “Christians” today. People say issues aren’t black and white, and that there is interpretation in God’s laws and commandments. Christians that accuse others of being discriminatory because they vote against allowances for a homosexual marriage is OK, but condemning those allowances makes one a hate monger. Not educating young girls on abortion and the different opportunities to murder children after conception is un-acceptable. Protesting this makes one in-sensitive and a person of no compassion.

I’m not about to judge others, because that is God’s place. But since it has become so politically charged lately, I will tell you that I won’t validate these behaviors with my vote. God calls Christians to spread the Good News. In spreading that Good News we are charged NOT to manipulate His word.

One definition of the term cult is: A communicative conflict with people who hold a different definition of the same term. The Bible warns us of those who will add to or take away from His Word. God is consistent. He is the same today as He is tomorrow. God does not waiver in His love, but like-wise he does not waiver in holding us accountable. I only bring this up, because at the Gates of Heaven God will ask me to give an account for myself. He will ask why I did not defend His word and message to all. I want to be able to look at him with no shame and guilt.
I am for a separation of Church and State. I don’t believe in talking about religion in the work place, nor do I believe in talking about political views in the work place (unless politics is your work). The President Elect brought the religious attention upon himself in an attempt to lure the Religious Right. We all saw what happened with that failing attempt. His relationship with the hypocrite Rev. Wright was exposed, and his legislative history on abortion was exposed as well. Again, I do believe in separation of Church and State, but it should not be brought up if one doesn’t want it to be scrutinized.

God loves all of us more than we know…even when we choose a life style that is defiant to His teachings. Parents don’t like it when their children are dis-obedient, but they do not stop loving them.

Passages on Homosexuality:
Lev. 18:22 states the principle: "You [masculine] shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination" (NRSV). The second (Lev. 20:13) adds the penalty: "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them."
Passages on when life begins:
The Bible Uses "man, woman, child, son, daughter, baby etc."
1. Since these terms are used for unborn children, then we have evidence that human life is present before birth
2. The Bible makes no distinction of any kind in the terms used to describe a fetus.
3. Body without spirit is dead: Jas 2:26
4. The blood is the life: Deut 12:23 fetus has bloodstream at 4 weeks
B. "Begat sons and daughters" Gen 5:3,4,28-30
1. Begat always refers to conception and fertilization
C. "children & sons in womb" Gen 25:21-22; 2 Ki 19:3; Ruth 1:11
D. "a man child conceived" Job 3:3
1. notice the difference: day of birth, night conceived see Rev 12:5 "man child born"
E. "mother" of unborn child Num 12:12; Lk 1:43
F. Rom 9:11 for though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad
G. "baby leapt for joy" in mother's womb Lk 1:41,44
conceived a "son" Lk 1:36; Acts 7:29