The World Is Run By Children
Whining by the left over political aggression by the religious right, muslims throwing temper tantrums over a stupid cartoon, Iran responding with a cartoon contest for the holocaust, the White House playing "hide and seek" with its own citizens, while the U.S. population is babysat by the mesmerizing affect of hip-hop culture and fabricated reality T.V. The world is now run by children -- children with plenty of money and power.
Paul wrote to Timothy that Christians must "endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." He said that "no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." (1 Tim. 2:3-4) Yet, when I look out at the majority of American churchgoers I see a compromise with popular culture and blatant statism that boggles the mind.
I find no solace in the agendas of contemporary religious leaders. They are more obsessed with Intelligent Design than catechism. They seek amendments for marriage rather than covenant living. They want to "reclaim America" rather than build the kingdom. In short, they gag on a knat while swallowing a camel.
The "purpose-driven" Christian must become the "covenant-driven" soldier who imposes the rule of God's law in their personal lives. Church leaders must seek to represent the covenant to their congregations instead of aiding and abetting the growing biblical illiteracy. The Church must "rock up" like an army of good soldiers that demonstrate the maturity of wisdom that will shame the childishness of a world that looks more like Sesame Street on rydalin.
Paul wrote to Timothy that Christians must "endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." He said that "no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." (1 Tim. 2:3-4) Yet, when I look out at the majority of American churchgoers I see a compromise with popular culture and blatant statism that boggles the mind.
I find no solace in the agendas of contemporary religious leaders. They are more obsessed with Intelligent Design than catechism. They seek amendments for marriage rather than covenant living. They want to "reclaim America" rather than build the kingdom. In short, they gag on a knat while swallowing a camel.
The "purpose-driven" Christian must become the "covenant-driven" soldier who imposes the rule of God's law in their personal lives. Church leaders must seek to represent the covenant to their congregations instead of aiding and abetting the growing biblical illiteracy. The Church must "rock up" like an army of good soldiers that demonstrate the maturity of wisdom that will shame the childishness of a world that looks more like Sesame Street on rydalin.
