Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Category: CULTURE
Jesus told his disciples, and by extension us, to stand firm to the end in an increasingly cold world. It isn't easy when you can't trust most of the people around you, when you can't trust your own leaders, when the world appears to be falling apart, and when there is very little or no genuine love or affection to keep you going.
Culture changes by the day. You may be young and think the world you see will continue for all your life: it won't. Powerful forces are at work to ensure that, and you yourself may be a part of that powerful force. What makes you feel safe and comfortable now may not be there in a few years, and the same can be applied to who makes you feel safe and comfortable.
The urge to blame has reached epidemic proportions in the Western world, and I'm probably infected as much as anyone. In a world where I think I'm a good person and right about everything someone else is always wrong - it isn't my fault.
I first shared these song lyrics about ten years ago, but actually the song was written over forty years ago - evidence that some things just don't change.
My title may strike some as expressing an un-Christian sentiment. Surely, Christians should like everyone, shouldn't they? What does it mean to "like" a person anyway? I would say that in loving we don't have to like everything people do or say or think. We don't have to like that which is evil or that which offends the Spirit within us. We don't have to smile at something we're convinced is wrong or which we have no affinity for. We have the dignity and right to have our own views, tastes and preferences. If I say I don't like your music I'm not committing a sin. However, we are required and commanded to love.
