Injustice!

Scripture  As they went out, they talked it over and agreed, “This man hasn’t done anything to deserve death or imprisonment.” ~Acts 26:31, NLT Quote How little they know of Christianity who think that the story ends with conversion. ~C.S. Lewis I am about to finish the book of Acts in the LSB and once…

Dodging The Spears

Scripture  Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night. ~ 1 Samuel 19:10, NLT Quote Pain and sorrow are doubled when endured alone, but greatly lessened when borne by another beside us. ~Drew Hunter Many…

Bitterness

Scripture Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Ephesians 4:31, NASB Quote A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. ~Solomon {Proverbs 29:11} Bitterness comes from or springs from unresolved anger relating to some matter of injustice.…

Victim Or Victor

Scripture And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. ~1 John 5:4, NKJV Quote No believer in Jesus Christ is ever a victim because God is ultimately in control and He will use whatever touches our lives for our good and His glory. ~Charles Stanley I read C.S. Lewis REFLECTION ON THE…

Injustice

Scripture Here is your part: Tell the truth. Be fair. Live at peace with everyone. Don’t plot harm to others; don’t swear that something is true when it isn’t! How I hate all that sort of thing!” says the Lord. ~Zechariah 8:16-17, TLB Quote Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have the legal…

Snake Charmers

Scripture Then at last everyone will say, “There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.” Psalm 58:11, NLT Quote There is an inseparable connection between a person’s character and their conduct: the former is the source of the latter. ~Stephen J.…

The Second Commandment

Scripture Learn to do what is right! Treat people fairly. Give hope to those who are beaten down. Cheer them up. Stand up in court for children whose fathers have died. And do the same thing for widows. ~Isaiah 1:17, NIRV Quote The Jews never abandoned worship although their worship became superficial and displeasing to…

Oppression And Injustice

Scripture “The people of Israel have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They sell into slavery those who have done no wrong. They trade needy people for a mere pair of sandals.” ~Amos 2:6, NIRV Quote  I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself…

Judicial Murder

  Scripture But YOU are opposed to dishonest lawmakers who gang up to murder innocent victims. ~Psalms 94:20-21, CEV Quote Abortion stops a beating heart. ~Joyce Fecteau What would you call a person who went into the nursery of a hospital, took a pair of scissors and stuck them into the back of a babies…