Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

@glennbeck & his minions : the u.s. government is not my church

a lot has been made over the glenn beck 'leave the your church if it says social justice or economic justice' in the doctrine or whatever. i think he claimed they were hidden codewords for the liberal left. and with such an action he's getting quite a bit of pub.. not to mention my attention, which he's only gotten on daily show spoofs or when i'm at my parents house as my dad has foxnews on a constant cycle (till i find the remote). personally i want to think mr. beck has done this to ignite some media response cause he was low on ratings, why not stir the pot. i'm sure though he's just like many who have confused that social justice in our church setting is separate from the government.

 

i posted a comment on john meunier's blog as he's concerned over jeremy and his obsession with glenn beck.. i am too, worried, not obsessed.

my thoughts went like this.

i am totally with you that the speaking for social issues sounds like a political party discourse, or shout match.

also to say, when we talk about social issues & their subsequent interventions, don’t we automatically assume its the churches job, not the govt?.. (crickets).. oh, so i’m the only one there?

as i got it, Christ wasn’t terribly thrilled with the government of that day and didn’t seek to use them for his kingdom, so we we default opt on using them as a Christian nation is beyond me. churches should step up to their namesake they claim

so i welcome glenn's fanboys to tell me what he was really thinking.. i'm willing to tell you what Christ had in mind. i'm staying in my church, btw, with my social justice & economic justice agenda, you can keep your government partisan hackery (thanks jon stewart for that) to your news network.

take up your cross : midday prayer

Take up your cross, the Savior said,
If you would my disciple be;
Deny yourself, the world forsake,
And humbly follow after me.

Take up your cross, let not its weight
Fill your weak spirit with alarm;
His strength shall bear your spirit up,
Shall brace your heart and nerve your arm.

Take up your cross then in his strength,
And ev’ry danger calmly brave,
To guide you to a better home,
And vict’ry over death and grave.

Take up your cross and follow Christ,
Nor think till death to lay it down;
For only he who bears the cross
May hope to wear the glorious crown.

To you, great Lord, the One in three,
All praise for evermore ascend;
O grant us here below to see
The heav’nly life that knows no end.

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