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Last week, the Texas power grid failed due to record-low winter temperatures. Many people are pointing fingers, but it is clear the grid was simply unprepared for such a storm. In a similar way, the Christian power grid has failed due to record-pace cultural changes. Many people are pointing fingers, but it is clear that many Christians are simply unprepared for such a storm. Well, it’s frosty out there, and here’s how to fix the way we view and use power in our lives, homes, churches and country (Rom. 12).
Key takeaways:
- In the end, power can only win over us. It cannot win us over.
- Love is the power that powers the Christian life. And love gives up (relationship with God), gives to (relationship with other Christians) and gives out (relationship to community/world) (Rom. 12).
- Christ’s plan for changing the world was to go into all the world and preach the gospel—not go into all the world and conquer the locals.
- Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement and the Pregnancy Care Center movement.
- What powers you? The answer to that question will determine whether you chase the world or change the world.
“Reflections on the civil rights movement”?
How does that help us fix and view power in our lives as Christians?
The civil rights movement has veered so far from it original intent, purpose, and goals- that many of today’s “civil rights” groups and “causes” dont garner the same mass & authentic respect and support. It’s all been so diluted with mistruths, pretending issues are mass scale that aren’t, or claiming issues exist that are flat out made up or go against everything our country and it’s citizens once held to be dear and biblical.
Nowadays one group’s rights = the diminishing of another’s- and 9 times out of 10 Christians, hard working law abiding & tax paying citizens- are the infringed upon, losers, and falsely accused ones in the equation.
There’s not a whole lot of “civility” in most civil rights groups of today unfortunately.
Perhaps the focus should be changed from “rights” to individual responsibilities, and expectations of decency from, and toward all.
Doing what’s “right” vs. demanding or declaring a “right” to me = power in a Christian’s life.
If I made a list of 100 important issues to reflect on, civil rights would not be on it. Stick a fork in this fraudulent movement. It’s time to move on and to expose this farce.
It’s nothing but a ruse.
It keeps the victim mentality and hatred towards white people going strong.
Civil rights frauds don’t address illiteracy, out of wedlock births, fatherless families, out of control abortions and the sky high crime rate committed in progressive black cities. If they did, they would be worthy of respect but that would ruin their narrative.
If I made a list of 10 things that define me- my race would not be on that list. The present day Civil rights activists are defined by their race. That doesn’t square up with any biblical principle that I’m aware of.