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Getting Very Specific:
Specifically, it got me thinking about Justice… or the lack thereof… For instance:
1. How is it that we can watch a late night infomercial about starving kids in Africa and not really care???
2. Or how can we ignore the hundreds of thousands of orphans in Africa because their parents die early due to AIDS…
3. Or how is it that I can walk by a homeless guy downtown immediately judging him as an alcoholic… meanwhile protecting the $20 in our pockets???
4. Or how is it that there are 4000 babies dying today from abortion and we just accept it as women’s rights???
5. Or how is it that a teenage girl in Uganda can be sold to a man for a few bucks as a sex slave and we just ignore and say we need to “fix things at home†first…
6. Or how is it that groups of young African boys can be abducted around age 12 and be forced to kill their friends… and we don’t even know about it…
The Point:
As Christians, we sometimes act as foolish as Barney… we must admit that we often ignore the reality of the above situations… How??? By simply avoiding them…
- Have you ever changed the channel because you didn’t want to feel guilty?
- Have you walked on the other side of the street to ignore the beggar?
- Have you ever been embarrassed of the protesters?
- Have you felt compelled to give to a mission organization, but then didn’t?
- Have you felt compelled to participate on a mission trip, but then didn’t?
Especially if we live in America, we ignore reality in order to feel OK…
But we’re not OK… I believe American Christianity owes the world a huge apology… Why??? Because we call ourselves Christians, (which means “little Christâ€), and then intentionally ignore the basic messages of Jesus…
To be concluded tomorrow…
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