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The Biblical Fight For Freedom
Freedom is one of those words, an idea, which is the embodiment of much of what one believes. If you believe that your ultimate goal in life is to live according to your own desires then you will define freedom as meaning that you have the right to do whatever it is you please even if immoral. Contrastingly, if you foundationally believe that your goal is to glorify God, then freedom is the ability to live a life that is pleasing to Him, it is the right to live according to the standards He has set in His Word. If you live with an entitled attitude you will almost certainly take the freedoms you have now for granted not realizing the precious price that was paid by your forefathers for them. Freedom, both the concept and the pursuit of it, truly demonstrates much of one’s underlying beliefs and life.
Biblical Counsel For An Election Year
As the year 2024 blossoms, we enter yet another election cycle in the United States of America. Over the course of this year, we will elect the president who will serve for the next four years. A total of thirty-four U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs which will dictate who gains control of the legislative branch. This is not mentioning the host of ballot issues, local officials, or the representatives in the House who will be elected. With a host of political and cultural turmoil over the last several years, 2024 should be eventful and perhaps even filled with surprises. It has always been and will always be vitally important for Christians to bring a distinctly biblical worldview to the voting booth, perhaps never more so than this year. One of the foundational points of that understanding is that believers in Christ should be involved in the world of politics.
Gentleness, Correction, and Hate Speech
How are we to communicate with one another? Ironically, in an age where technology has connected people from all across the planet the practice of deep conversation seems to be more absent than ever. Cries of “hate speech” toward anyone who expresses disagreement have been levied to such an extent that the fear on the part of many toward expressing any kind of dissenting opinion has been amplified to an infinite degree. If a man is acting like a woman and you refuse to call him a “her” then you are labeled with being overly disagreeable and hating him. Perhaps someone has a different political persuasion than you do, so you begin to strike up what you think is a friendly conversation about the issues at stake. However, the conversation quickly turns on its head with the other person blowing up at you for your beliefs. Communication is indeed difficult even in a day when we are more connected than ever.