left leaning thoughts from a right-wing wacko.
Sometimes it is dangerous to follow the crowd.. Every political issue that I hear about, I like to test against scripture. Often, we can see the whole picture, and want to change something in the big picture. If we compromise our beliefs in the means in which we try to accomplish our higher goal, the ends will not be what we expect them to be.
Regarding communion: Christ allowed Judas to take communion although he knew the sin that he was about to commit. In LUKE 22:21; Christ says "But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. "
I don't understand the Catholic tradition of communion enough to get into this too deeply. I can understand treating an unrepentant sinner as you would a pagan or a tax collector. What that means is probably a whole different study.. Without doing adequate study, I would venture to I say it means that we should pray for them, and avoid being corrupted by them.
Regarding Faith based initiatives:
24"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
Faith based programs work. I think that much of the reason that they work is because they only exist based on God's providence, and love. Government money will drive out love as the motive for these ministries.
I feel that many of the social problems exist because the church has abdicated many of it's roles to the government. The Goverment's cold, inefficient mechical touch cannot change hearts. (At least not for the better.)
The church needs to reach out to the community and give to everyone, not just to it's own. The motive should be sharing the love, not growing your congregation, or garnering headlines or making yourself feel good.
