Re Defined II

Yesterday, we went to an upstart in Charlotte. I'd call it a church, but wouldn't that poison your mind with preconception from the start? Well, part of the teaching yesterday was about that very fact. The Church brings with it connotations--and most of the time those are not all that warm and fuzzy.

I remember very clearly the events of September 11. I also remember words from a wise man after that attack occurred. He said, "You've got to temper your patriotism with your religion."

For the past years I have bought into the notion that my enemy was the Islamic terrorists and the Post Modernists who would have everyone believe in--well nothing. Politically, I'm not quite sure what the solution to these particular problems/issues is... but I'm going to retreat from that particular sphere for a while.

So. If those mentioned above are not the enemy, and the enemy is clearly defined... well then?

Pride. Arrogance. Apathy. Avarice. Greed. Selfishness. Prejudice.

The Book explains all this over and over, yet somehow we are willing to miss it. Somehow, we buy into the Us vs Them mentality so easily. Somehow we are enamored with the prospect of political power and influence. Somehow we miss the message of the One who explains it so very simply.

I hope to flesh all of these ideas out a little more in my next few posts with a few quotes from a book I just finished and an explanation and photograph of my brother-in-law's latest work of art.

Hebrews 13:12-13

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