Great Thoughts
May 28, 2007 Print This Post
.:mood:. Inspired
.:itunes:. I Will Return by Daniel Amos
This weekend, during my message, I mentioned how I don’t think we should force the Ten Commandments into public buildings, etc. One of the biggest reasons is the first commandment itself:
“I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before me.”
If we force that onto the American public, we are negating freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is essential, because people need to choose Jesus of their own freewill not have it forced down their throat. At the same time, I believe that God is the one who calls us. Yes, this paradox makes me a good “Calminian.”
Anyhoo…I just got a great email from someone at Riverview that I wanted to share. The emphasis is mine. You can see she’s a good Calminian, as well.
Thank you, thank you, thank you…
I have struggled so much (in my head) with whether my feelings about separation of church and state are hypocritical as a Christian. I needed to hear the validation from someone else. I feel so strongly that everything I believe as a Christian is what I came to believe through a process that I needed to go through. And I think the process that gets you there is the most important part of becoming a Christian. It’s what makes you remember why you made the right choice. And people have to remember – we didn’t choose this life. God chose for us to have the choice. If we force our choice on others, isn’t that like going above God’s head? He could have done it that way, but he didn’t. We have the choice to sin on every level. If you take away the chance to choose wrong, how will you see any benefit to choosing right?…I just wanted to thank you for making me feel like I’m not a terrible person for feeling this way.
May 29th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Very cool.