Have you ever examined your motives and activities in the light of the above question? Are the things you do daily in keeping with the sacrifice your Savior made for you? We, Christians, need to examine ourselves in this light. One thing is for sure: Many in our religion spend far too much time playing golf or bridge or watching spectator sports and very little time in self-sacrificing activities for the Christ!!
Said Musa is a 45 year old Afghan who has been in a Kabul, Afghanistan prison since May 2010. He has been beaten, and tortured for converting to Christianity; and now he is being denied the services of a lawyer in Afghan courts, where he will likely be condemned to death according to sharia law.
Another Afghan Christian, Shoib Assadullah, age 25, is in prison in northern Afghanistan for giving a New Testament to another Afghan, who turned him in to the authorities. Assadullah has been locked up since October 21 for that serious crime; he has reportedly not been tortured.
All this is going on despite the fact that Afghanistan is a signatory to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulating religious freedom, including the freedom to change one’s faith.
www.compassdirect.org/english/country/23987/29549/
If any of my readers are convicted by the above story, I would suggest that they read a new book: RADICAL by David Platt. This book challenges Christians to wake up, trade in false values rooted in the American dream, and embrace the fact that God blesses each of us for a global purpose…. This is a must read for every believer!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Family Situations Worsening in America
A good look at America’s children should tell us that all is not well with the American family: One third of our children are overweight or obese. Nearly a third drop out or cannot finish high school in 4 years. 75% of our youth are ineligible for military service because of poor health, drugs, criminal records, or lack of education.
What is the reason? Poor schools—maybe. Poverty—maybe. But there is a more ubiquitous and insidious reason. 41% of our newborns are born to unmarried mothers. (up from 5% a half century ago). The fact is that young, adult, Americans are just not getting married. For the first time since the census began tallying marriage, the proportion of Americans age 25-34 who had never married exceeded the proportion of those who had been married. Evidence is overwhelming that children of single mothers—particularly teen mothers—suffer disproportionately high poverty rates, impaired development, and low school performance.
A large majority of never-married mothers had close relationships with a partner when their child was born. Many of these women have said to me something like, “I know he loves me; and we are going to get married just as soon as we have enough money—any day now!” WHAT A BUNCH OF NONSENSE!! Those guys are not going to marry their girlfriends when they can get what they want without commitment. The statistics bear out my observation—by the time illegitimate children are 5 years old, most of the fathers are gone, and the children have little contact with them. These unmarried mothers go on to new relationships, and the children are hampered by repeated transitions that do more harm to their development.
America MUST do something about this deplorable situation. We are raising a generation of helpless young adults. If this situation had obtained in 1941, America would not have survived World War II. Our young people would not have been able to serve effectively as soldiers or as civilian defense workers. This country must return to its Christian roots. I believe that Christ and the Bible are the only answer to the problems facing America, today.
This post was largely excerpted from USA Today 1-25-11, page 8A.
What is the reason? Poor schools—maybe. Poverty—maybe. But there is a more ubiquitous and insidious reason. 41% of our newborns are born to unmarried mothers. (up from 5% a half century ago). The fact is that young, adult, Americans are just not getting married. For the first time since the census began tallying marriage, the proportion of Americans age 25-34 who had never married exceeded the proportion of those who had been married. Evidence is overwhelming that children of single mothers—particularly teen mothers—suffer disproportionately high poverty rates, impaired development, and low school performance.
A large majority of never-married mothers had close relationships with a partner when their child was born. Many of these women have said to me something like, “I know he loves me; and we are going to get married just as soon as we have enough money—any day now!” WHAT A BUNCH OF NONSENSE!! Those guys are not going to marry their girlfriends when they can get what they want without commitment. The statistics bear out my observation—by the time illegitimate children are 5 years old, most of the fathers are gone, and the children have little contact with them. These unmarried mothers go on to new relationships, and the children are hampered by repeated transitions that do more harm to their development.
America MUST do something about this deplorable situation. We are raising a generation of helpless young adults. If this situation had obtained in 1941, America would not have survived World War II. Our young people would not have been able to serve effectively as soldiers or as civilian defense workers. This country must return to its Christian roots. I believe that Christ and the Bible are the only answer to the problems facing America, today.
This post was largely excerpted from USA Today 1-25-11, page 8A.
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