It seems lately there has been so much judging of people going on. I don’t understand why this is. Why must we spend the majority of our time finding people and their faults and broadcasting them to the world? Is the love that is supposed to be manifest in us through Christ?!

Why is the image that we portray to people that of incredibly active aggression against all who do not think the same as we do?

I ask that you all read 1 Corinthians 4:5

God will judge and realize that God is in control of all and all of your actions will also be judged and so be fearful of the Lord in all that you do so that when the time comes you shall be found approved unto God as a faithful servant.

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So now that we have high speed internet I am downloading more podcasts than ever and it awesome to listen to the guys that i’ve wanted to without spending 6 hours downloading 20 minutes of speaking.

 So here’s some guys that i enjoy and I hope that you will check them out.

Ravi Zacharias

www.rzim.org

this guy is so intelligent and im currently into a series he’s doing called “Searching for Absolutes in a Pluralistic Society”

Next is Alistair Begg

www.truthforlife.org

this guy is from Scotland and he is pretty old school but is an incredible teacher.

 Both of these guys have free podcasts on iTunes and you must get them.

anyway im going to eat lunch with Jacks so

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So we talked about abortion on tuesday and today my group had a presentation on the subject.

I’m going to be completely honest about the whole thing. I am so thankful that i go to a liberal arts school. I would never have the true opinions and real life examples if i went to a christian bible college or seminary school. People are real and they go through real things that affect their entire life and im glad that i get to experience those things.

 Now i will tell you some of the things that i think are important

• 93% of abortions are because of inconvenience or just not wanting to have the child.
• the largest religious sect in America having abortions is Protestant: 37%
• “Born again Christians”: 23%
• 1% of abortions are cases of rape: although this number is probably skewed because some women wouldn’t admit that they had an abortion
• 6% are because of health issues with the mother that are a result of the pregnancy.

These are the stats but they don’t tell the story.  What if you or your daughter or your wife was raped. What would you do? If your wife or daughter would die giving birth what would your decision be?

 These are true things that happen. Honestly i’ve never thought of these situations in such a real light before this week. Their were two women in our class both had abortions. One regretted the decision the other didn’t regret it at all. Both were very young when they had the abortion.

Couple of things i realized

1. character and beliefs are based on the decisions you make not on the what you say.
2. Don’t judge people. It is hard to do but just look at the life that Jesus lived and follow The Example.
3. Pray. there is so much that we need to pray for and we can’t cover it all but i know that i should be praying more.
4. These issues are more complicated than i ever could’ve imagined.
5. These things make me think of why abortion wasn’t covered in the Bible. Does God judge based on the rules and the acts or based on the condition of the heart. Easy to say but where is your heart really at?

I am so much better because of this week and I’m even more excited because next week is Euthanasia.

Anyways

thanks for reading

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