Any Christian who grew up in the scriptures, reading and studying the stories of the Old Testament, the patriarchs, the sin and failure of the Israelites and God’s mercy and forgiveness and faithfulness to them, will feel a kinship with the people of Israel.
Their story is our story. Their struggle with sin is ours. Their heritage, by God’s grace, is our heritage. When you see how God preserved them through war, captivity, exile, persecution, idolatry, and even rejection of Yeshua, and see how He’s preserving them still today, we realize God still has a future plan to bring them back, as promised in Romans 11.
If He can preserve them, he can preserve you. If He can save you, he can save them. I don’t see how a Christian can look at the Jewish people with anything other than affection, compassion, and humility.
“His blood be upon us, and our children,” spoken as a curse, will end as a blessing when one day the remnant of Israel is covered and redeemed by the blood of Jesus.
We respond like Paul did: “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? Or who has ever first given to Him, and has to be repaid? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.”
Romans 11:33-36
Milton Friedman: “In higher education, the student chooses the institution, and the institution has to adapt to attract the student. In elementary and secondary education, the institution chooses the student, and the student has to adapt.”
@drantbradley@lecrae@drantbradley Even after two decades I remember your message on race at Pipers pastors conference. You started off speaking of E Pluribus Unum. It impacted me a great deal on race. It feels wrong for you to act like Piper wasn’t trying to have this conversation.
@drantbradley@number2ballin@lecrae@YouTube@drantbradley I remember your messages on race at one of Pipers Pastors conferences years ago. It was impactful to me. I hate you throwing Piper under the bus like he hasn’t been promoting a conversation on race for decades.
@drantbradley@number2ballin@lecrae@YouTube Bro. Bradley, the way I was introduced to you was when Piper had you speak on race long ago at one of his Pastors Conferences. It was a great impactful message for me. It seems a bit disingenuous for you to act like Piper hasn’t tried to foster a meaningful conversation in race.
John Adams, writing to Abigail, about the Continental Congress' vote in favor of independence on July 2, 1776:
"The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. -- I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. -- Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not."
Christianity is a religion. It is okay to say so! It became a bad thing to say in the 90s when every sermon was about “not a religion but a relationship.”
It is both!
People who don't believe that evil exists should never be put into positions of power.
Not everything wicked that humans do is the result of 'mental health' or 'bad upbringing'.
If you don't understand that, you shouldn't even be voting.