Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Jesus is a radical

"The arrogance of power must be countered with reason,
force with dialog,
pointed weapons with outstretched hands,
evil with good."

- Pope John Paul II, in his address Monday to an annual gathering of world diplomats.
* If we really want to win the hearts and minds of the Arab world, we should do it with butter, not guns.
* Meanwhile, back here at home, if you hate us "Liberals" so much, try loving us.
* I for one have decided that my New Year's resolution should be to love Republicans. Here's why:

14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”says the Lord. 20On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
~God, in the Bible; Romans 12: 14-20

Counter intuitive, ain't it? I'm telling you, Jesus is a radical.

Did George Bush ask himself "What Would Jesus Do?(W.W.J.D.)" when he started planning the war on Iraq (as soon as he came into office 9 months BEFORE 9/11)

Please, PLEASE go read Matthew 5 & 6 and Luke 6 and THEN tell me that you can't call yourself a Christian is you vote for Democrats.

And by the way, I think that "Dispensationalsim" is heresy. PLEASE, look it up on Google and learn more about it! It is not Scriptural. Christians should reject this false doctrine and the mainline denominations like Lutherans, Catholics, Methodist, etc. need to expose it for the apostasy that it is.

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