By: Dawn Vander Galien

Dawn Vander Galien — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:51:50 +0000

When we become Jesus followers, every issue, controversy, dilemma, action, word must be measured by what Jesus through the Holy Spirit has taught us. In His truth, (the only TRUTH) the response is Christ’s. No compromise. But as you said, Sondra, grace is important. Sometimes, I become passionate about an issue, and grace flies out the window. Sometimes, Jesus didn’t seem gracious, ie. With the Pharisees, but I know He always was gracious. Truth sounds hard sometimes. No matter how gentle or gracious we state an argument, some people will always take offence

PS you are correct ‘re: immunizations. (Just kidding…..)

By: Andrew Budek-Schmeisser

Andrew Budek-Schmeisser — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:00:46 +0000

Great post!

I think that in a lot of ways, we’ve really got to follow Jesus’ example. The centurion whose servant was healed may never have become a Christian, but Jesus worked with him. We don’t know the end of the story.

And we have to be willing to work with people of different opinions, and different faiths, to do Jesus’ work.

“Fifty Shades Of Grey” is an example; the movie is pornography, and we can’t be nice about it; it supports an industry which makes use of human trafficking (which is a nice way to say Slavery).

It’s not OK.

It also glamourizes the practice of hurting people for one’s own pleasure. This is not a preference, nor a lifestyle. This is evil. We need not point this out in love.

We need to point it out with force, to bring it to an end.

And we need to join with Muslims and Sikhs and Hindus and Buddhists and Jews, without hesitation, because this is a battle we must fight together.

Jesus said that His followers are the ones who visited the sick, and the prisoners; he made no mention of creed in that passage. His followers did His work, and we should aspire to no less.

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