Muscular Christianity
Making a difference using the True Muscle of Jesus Christ.
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It's not so much that people don't believe in God, as much as they have a hard time understanding / accepting His actions and apparent motives. There's more to this conversation than just, "Does He exist?" We're swimming in a dirty pool and we as human beings are the ones that have made it that way. But God offers an alternative and it's the fact that He's even willing to give us an option reveals Him as a God that is worth reconsidering.
I had just read "Team Of Rivals" and a buddy of mine reponded by insisting that my understanding of history and Abraham Lincoln was severely flawed. I determined to refer to some other resources in order to better understand what I believed to be the case and in so doing, uncovered some Biblical principals that constitute a lesson that can be learned not only from a national viewpoint, but a personal one as well.
While we can easily point out the historical discrepancies represented by asserting "the separation of church and state" as being a comprehensive description of the scope and intent of the First Amendment, it's the fact that was as believers have separated the church from our everyday state of affairs that we're having to deal with this issue to begin with.
Allow yourself the opportunity to experience whatever represents a healthy, emotional response to your situation but don't stay there. Bring the defense in and get that offense on to the field and start moving forward based on who you are in Christ.
John 4 represents a great template to use when confronted with either the opportunity or the obligation to tell someone that they're wrong. Popping open the hood of that Scripture reveals Jesus deploying an approach
Three categories of "to do's," all three of them warrant a plan. But you want that plan to be subordinate to God's design for you. Only then are you guaranteed a life and not just an existence.
Young people have the capacity to do far more than our culture gives them credit for, although that wasn't always the case. A brief rehearsal of history and Scripture reveals not only what a young person is truly capable of, but also provides a motivating incentive to dig in a little deeper and sieze the opportunities and challenges that lie before you, regardless of your age.
According to the book of Romans, if you don't have the Spirit of Christ, you don't belong to Him. That's the bottom line: You've been forgiven for every offense you've committed against God and the Spirit of God is now living in you. That's what it means to be born again!
There's more to believing in the death and resurrection of Christ than simply being able to say that you believe it out loud. To believe it in your heart means that's it's more than a historical truth, it's a personal reality.
You can tell by the way you regard the reality of sin in your life whether or not you're born again.
Turning the other cheek is not a command to absorb the evil that is directed towards you. Rather, it's an admonishment to address it and reveal it for what it is. In this episode of "Muscular Christianity," we're going to look at the three primary passages that would have us be complicit with the offenses and assaults that are directed towards us and see how they fall short of an interpretation based on the whole of God's Word.
That's your opinion is a phrase often used by people who are looking to distract attention away from the pain and problems that occur when their perspective is put into practice. By posing as an advocate for compassion and understanding, they create a dynamic where you can't disagree with what they're saying without sounding like you're wanting to deny them the right to think for themselves. Here's how Christ handled those kinds of tactics.
Part II of the "That's Your Opinion" series. After recapping how "That's Your Opinion" is a phrase often used by people who don't have something say as much as they have something to hide and examining how Christ handled those kinds of tactics, Part II looks at some real world examples of how God's technique can help keep a conversation moving forward that would otherwise end in a victory for the one posing as a victim of an intolerant evironment.
Everyone has their own perspective and that's why you want to make a point of hearing all sides of an issue and vetting your sources according to a Standard that doesn't fluctuate according to a human agency. Otherwise, you risk a corrupted opinion being used as the basis for your viewpoint. This is the approach advocated in Scripture and it applies to not only the headlines, but also the bottom lines as they're documented in the Word of God. Buckle up...!
This is the question you need to ask the person who wants your vote, your subscription or your support. How you answer that question either puts your name alongside those who signed the Declaration of Independence and ratified the Constitution, or…it defines you as someone who wants to replace the One Who is in charge with someone who looks a lot like themselves.
People who want to maintain themselves as their own bottom line subscribe to a philosphy that contradicts itself and ulitmately reveals them as individuals who believe that because they have the right to think for themselves, they can think in a way that has no regard for anyone other than themselves.
You have to check your logic at the door to believe in Evolution. Especially when you hear some of its more notable champions attempt to prove their point by saying it must've happened because, "...we're here."
Dismantle one of the more commonly used strategies used by people who don't have something to say as much as they've got something to hide by asking the right questions.
Every government that has ever been conceived by man is based on a theological premise of some kind in that it structures its approach to legislation according to the way it defines a human being.
Psalm 14:1 defines a fool as someone who says there is no God. What do you suppose that kind of perspective looks like when it shows up in a court of law? What is really being said by a witness when they're asked to raise their hand and swear to, "...tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" If there is no absolute apart from themselves, what they're really saying is, "I'll tell you what I want, how I feel, and I don't care if it's right because it's all about me."
Our national template is based on a Divine Absolute which implies a moral standard. That ultimately translates to personal responsibility and a paradigm where you are gauged according to your character and your choices. But to the individual who recoils at the thought of having to answer to something or Someone greater than themselves, all of the benefits associated with an approach to government based on the idea that our rights are guaranteed by God and not dispensed by a human collective, are dismissed in favor of a manufactured reality where there are no Standards, only situations.
David didn't just sing, Paul didn't just write, and Jesus didn't just pray. The stood up and they spoke out. To remain silent in the face of evil is not an act of obedience as much as it's an act of cowardice and it's important to understand the difference.
Your relationship with Christ is more than a Divine Emergency Kit. In this episode, Bruce Gust begins unpacking several ideas that point to how we are here to make a difference and not just an appearance beginning with "It's All Good!"
#1 What's the Difference? | The demons believe that Jesus Christ rose from the grave. So do you, right? What's the difference between them and you? Why are you going to heaven and they're not?
#2 Explain it to Me | How would you explain the difference between believing something in your heart as opposed to it being something that you merely believe in your mind?
