The Friendly Fire Oxymoron (or Christians Giving Other Christians Black Eyes)
Originally posted on Gone Fishin':
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall…
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Lotteries
According to most dictionaries, a lottery is a drawing of lots used to choose an applicant or competitor; or an activity or event that has an outcome that appears to be determined by chance or fate; and/or a secret and random drawing of lots in which money or prizes are given to the winners who are in possession of a purchased token or chance. Now, the Holy Bible doesn’t specifically say anything about gambling, casinos, and lotteries, but God does teach in His Word that He will supply/provide His sons and daughters’ every need, not by chance or by fate but by His Sovereign Will in accordance with the promises He has made and out of His abundant riches.
The Last Will Be First
The ‘last will be first and the first will be last’ statements definitely can be applied to the Jewish/Gentile cultural environment, and this is probably the reason why Christ Jesus, in the parable about The Great Supper, teaches that during the end times’ Great Supper, God (the King) personally will give the best seats to the world’s invisible people—to those individuals in this world who have been impoverished, debilitated, ill, contaminated, homeless, and so forth.
Getting Paid for Paying It Forward
Changing the world is the end result that the pay it forward social movement hopes to achieve through numerous acts of kindness. This goal is praiseworthy. However, it is ironic that a social movement’s occasional acts of kindness, often done by non-Christians and/or done for selfish reasons like, for example, ratings or viewership, can draw more attention, get more publicity, than the good works that the Body of Christ does on a daily basis.
