Let's Keep Refusing To Accept The World

Today The Logic Goes Something Like This: 'calling A Ruler Son Of God Is Out Of Style. No One Really Does That Nowadays. We Can Support A President While Also Worshiping Jesus As The Son Of God.' But How Is This Possible? For One Says That We Must Love Our Enemies, And The Other Says We Must Kill Them; One Promotes The Economics Of Competition, While The Other Admonishes The Forgiveness Of Debts. To Which Do We Pledge Allegiance?

The More You Look At The Death Penalty, That's Where You See That We're Actually Not Killing The Worst Of The Worst. We're Killing The Poorest Of The Poor. Where Actually One Of The Biggest Determinants Of Who Gets Executed Is How Many Resources They Have To Defend Themselves.

We Do Need To Be Born Again, Since Jesus Said That To A Guy Named Nicodemus. But If You Tell Me I Have To Be Born Again To Enter The Kingdom Of God, I Can Tell You That You Have To Sell Everything You Have And Give It To The Poor, Because Jesus Said That To One Guy, Too. But I Guess That's Why God Invented Highlighers, So We Can Highlight The Parts We Like And Ignore The Rest.

So Even As We See The Horror Of Death, May We Be Reminded That In The End, Love Wins. Mercy Triumphs. Life Is More Powerful Than Death. And Even Those Who Have Committed Great Violence Can Have The Image Of God Come To Life Again Within Them As They Hear The Whisper Of Love. May The Whisper Of Love Grow Louder Than The Thunder Of Violence. May We Love Loudly.

We Are Setting Ourselves Up For Disappointment If Our Hope Is Built On Anything Less Than Jesus.