I meet with people every day who believe God is perpetually disappointed with them. That belief shapes everything in their life. The great fight of faith is believing that God really loves you. Our standing rests on Christ’s righteousness, not our own.
Abide in me, & I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me & I in him… bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
- Jesus
If the Church’s only response to evil is whataboutisms, then we have utterly failed in our sacred calling to be salt and light in the world.
Why can’t we simply deal with the issue at hand?
“Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines human commands’.” - Matthew 15:7-9 CSB
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When the Father sees us, he sees his Son. Period. Full stop. He doesn't see a glowing success or an embarrassing failure. He sees Jesus. “You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col. 3:3). And there's no safer hiding place to be.
Mind you, not all the language is edited. The content is horrifying (look up lyrics at your own risk). For instance, the song at the top of the list: what reason is there for even an "edited" version of this to be played for anyone, yet alone young people?
@MSHSAAOrg needs to act. At 3 different HS BB games (3 different schools), the warm-up music looks like the playlist below. Some of the songs are "edited" for language, but should we really be playing songs like this at a @MSHSAAOrg-sanctioned family event?!?