Bring God To Work Day

Today I have been listening to nothing but Third Day at work. Thanks to my good buddy Rosco I have the set list to the Third day concert that many of you went to last Sunday. I made a playlist of that set list in iTunes and have been having a mini worship service quietly at my desk. I literally felt Gods presence with me in my chair. I encourage anyone who is allowed to listen to music to try this out. It definitely makes the work day more enjoyable.

Bad Rep

The other day I was listening to a radio show out of LA when something very insightful was said by one of the hosts who claims not to be "religious". On the show they were talking about this group of religious extremists who were protesting at a soldier's funeral carrying signs that said "God Hates Fags". The soldier, although the point is moot, was not gay. A women called into the show claiming to be a member of this particular group and tried to explain her (their) cause. She claimed that anyone living in sin would go to hell and anyone who enabled sin would go to hell. She said that it didn't matter that the soldier wasn't gay, he served in the military who has a "don't ask don't tell" policy about homosexuals in the military not to mention all the moral atrocities committed to innocent people by soldiers in times of war. After a little bickering back and forth, the radio host said that he was no bible scholar and that he was not particularly religious but since satan is the master deceiver he can not help but believe that people and organizations like this woman's was maybe satan's plan to pose as a Christian to help give them a "bad name" That because of these groups people are discouraged from becoming a Christian. It makes a lot of sense to me. Look at how the Christian faith is depicted in the media. We have priests molesting young children. We have televangelists taking people's money, we have right wing conservatives (otherwise known as hateful bigots) bringing down the rath of God to everyone. They all are giving a bad rep to real Christians. I believe that the time is coming for God to take back this world and I believe that He is going to do it through Christians who show people how much God loves them, not how much God hates them. It's time that Christians show who the wolves are posing as sheep by the true acts of Christian love.