My friend (Roman Jaquez) just posted this on Facebook:
He tends to shy away from politics, but he voiced his discomfort with this video and what it means for Christ-followers. Let me share with you the same thoughts I shared with him (edited slightly for clarity):
As Christ-followers we are called to be engaged in our culture, and that includes politics. It’s messy out in our culture, but engagement is part of following Christ’s example so it’s really not up for debate. Christ called us to love, help, and protect the “least of these”… and none are more “least” than the unborn – innocent, fragile, voiceless. To stay away from politics… to avoid helping stop (with a pro-life vote at the ballot box) the brutal slicing of unborn babies into pieces is the same as walking past the beaten man in Luke 10:25-37.
You will hear some neo-Christians (even in our church!?) who try to muddle the notion of civic political involvement and dissuade others from paying attention and getting involved. Don’t listen… it’s a lie from the devil.
There are wolves in sheeps’ clothing out there, my friend. Be on your guard. Be bold to speak truth. Be engaged in our WHOLE culture… not just the parts that look like American Idol.
I'm a Christ-follower, compelled by my faith toward reason, which points directly toward conservatism. This world's daily onslaught of lunacy offends my intellect and senses, so this is my venue to blow off steam.
The people (in our church!?) who avoid civic duty are not wolves in sheep’s clothing, though, Steve. They just have comfort zones that they don’t want to leave, and risks they refuse to take. They ALONE will have to answer to God for their action or inaction. And the Holy Spirit ALONE will have to convict them.
I agree, and I never said otherwise, although I just tweaked some words for clarity.
Yeah, Rachel is right. Those people are just too lazy or affraid of doing something about the things they supposedly belive in.
Spong never fails to shake me up profoundly, and it was the combination of my neo-Paganism, wondering what a neo-Christian might be
“Christ called us to love, help, and protect the “least of these”… and none are more “least” than the unborn – innocent, fragile, voiceless.”
The “least of these” would also include insects then? Except, of course, when the list is only exclusive to humans. But is the mass of blood called blastocyst already a human? Before I could agree with your stand on abortion, I still have to clarify first the definition of human.
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