Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Category: Politics
I was reading this morning about a knife attack in Ireland in which the alleged perpetrator was yelling that now well-known phrase which claims that a certain god is great - so great it seems, that he wants to take the world by violence if necessary. Thankfully the police officer being attacked had a companion who managed to subdue the man.
As a one-time left-leaning, socialist Labour Party voter in the United Kingdom, I regularly watched and listened to news reports from around the world, and sometimes sensed inconsistencies in the reporting. It didn't always ring true. However, as is common in fallen human nature, I accepted the things I wanted to accept and that which I was expected to accept from the "experts", without question.
Some popular commentators are viewing Donald Trump's latest actions as the death-knell for the movement towards any form of world government. Should we conclude that the dispensational evangelical view of "the New World Order" taking us all towards the times of Revelation is now conclusively proven to be wrong?
Despite all the years of rhetoric, lies and hatred against Donald Trump, he's been elected in a landslide victory. Can we live at peace now? Can we prosper? Can we move on and make the best of our world? Unfortunately, the record of human nature, the character of his enemies and of the word of God all give a very negative answer to these questions.
At this election time I'm finding it more and more necessary to look to my God for hope and for the correct perspective. If I don't, I'll be like Peter who, stepping out of the boat onto the waves when Jesus called him, found himself looking around too much at the waves... (click the title to read on).
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 