The Day After the Election

Just another reminder....

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, Jesus will still be King.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, our responsibilities as Christians will not have changed one iota.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the greatest agent for social change in America will still be winning the hearts and minds of men and women through the gospel, not legislation.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, my primary citizenship will still be in this order – (1) the Kingdom of God, (2) America, not vice-versa.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the tomb will still be empty.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the cross, not the government, will still be our salvation.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, our children will still be more concerned with whether or not we spend time with them than with who is President.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, my neighbor will still be my neighbor, and loving him/her will still be the second greatest commandment. (Do you know the first?)

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the only way to see abortion ultimately overturned will still be winning men and women to a high view of life through the gospel of Christ.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, the only way to see gay marriage ultimately defeated will still be winning men and women to a biblical view of marriage through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, my retirement will still not match my treasure in Heaven.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, “Jesus Is Lord” will still be the greatest truth in the Universe.

True/False: The day after the election, regardless of who wins, we will still know that God is in control.

HT: Boar's Head Tavern

Misplaced Priorities

Was stuck in jury duty today and they had Oprah on TV. It was a show about the conditions that farm animals have to live in, particularly ones that breed, so chickens laying eggs, pigs birthing, etc.. Basically the idea is that the animals have to live in very confined quarters. In the state of California on Election Day California residents will get to vote on Proposition 2, which enforces farmers to raise their livestock "free-range." Proponents argued that this was basic humane treatment of animals. Opponents argued that this would wreck the industry because it would be far too expensive to raise the animals in this way, and that free-range eggs and meat and poultry products are far more expensive than the ones breeded in the normal means.

I'm all for caring for the creation, but these people who are pushing this proposition really get under my skin. If people demand livestock to be raised "free-range", and that extra demand moves the market in that way, then fine. Then maybe someday down the line the prices will go down as the situation stabilizes. However, people have to eat, and most people would probably prefer to know that their eggs were laid and their meat and poultry was raised locally. That way, through responsible legislation, it is possible for them to have a say in ensuring a degree of safety of this food for their consumption. If you make it difficult for the farmers local production would go down and you'd be importing your food from elsewhere. It is simply not acceptable to force a situation where farmers must change the way they do things that will inevitably hurt the industry and the consumer at the end. Care for these animals must be done in such a way that minimizes damage to human beings. These goofballs who want to impose these restrictions by legislative fiat are doing so because they want to feel good about themselves later when they're sitting at the martini bar running up a large tab.

The funny thing about all of this is that Oprah sure as heck cares a lot about this kind of stuff but doesn't give a rat's you-know-what about the unborn child in a mother's womb. Those are disposable. But man, we gotta make sure them chickens have their space!

It almost makes me weep

This is the result of American evangelicalism. We have detached ourselves from history, and a whole new generation is growing up believing that they can believe whatever they want about the Bible, and they can interpret it however they wish.

I have friends that I have disagreements with a lot of things when it comes to the Bible. But at least we all agree that the "just me and my Bible" approach is not going to cut it. If we are so arrogant to think that we don't need the community of the church or the testimony of history, then we deserve the crap we get.

Sorry. Rant done.

This is just freaking cool

Nothing to say about it. Just read it. A miracle.