A Time Not-So-Long Ago

There was a time (not so long ago) when homosexuality was called a sin. Now it’s called an alternative lifestyle, or a genetic pre-disposition. There was a time (not so long ago) where living together before you were married was called a defilement of the marriage bed, but now it’s just proper pre-marriage etiquette. There was a time (not so long ago) when getting drunk was sinful (detrimental to your example), but now its grounds for having your own reality TV show.

How far we have fallen because we have failed to address these sins as what they are: sin. There are so many preachers delivering nothing but watered-down gospel theology without any Scriptural backbone...TELL THE PLAIN TRUTH about what‘s right and what‘s wrong. What God calls sin will ALWAYS be sin, so don't be ashamed to take a stand!

Starting Sunday, February 6 - Sunday April 3 at Union Hill...every Sunday morning we'll be discussing sins that we must stand against…because what this generation tolerates, the next will accept with open arms. God’s truth will never change, so we must stand as firm as He does when it comes to calling sin...sin! For more information go to unionhillchurchofchrist.com, and may the truth set you free.

Quote to Ponder

"What one generation tolerates, the next will embrace." (anonymous)

Hard to Have a Spine

Why is it so hard to stick to a set of absolute values...why is it so hard to have a spine? It would be so much easier to be a social jellyfish and float along with any and every popular belief. If you didn't have a spine you could be everybodys friend and never tick anybody off...you could pretty much do or say anything, and just apologize and retract it later if it offended anyone. If you didn't have a spine you could simply drift along, never having to worry about the friction caused by absolutes.

I hate it when I have to tell someone that the way that they're living doesn't match up with what God has said in His Word. I hate it when I have to be the guy that says and shows, "No, God says that's not right." I wish I could say, "Oh, that's OK...go ahead and live that way," but I CAN'T! I CAN'T! Only the truth sets us free (John 8:32). It's only by the truth that we are converted to God (Psalm 51:13) We are to speak the truth with our neighbors (Ephesians 4:25), and that means that some people are gonna get mad! Some people are gonna get upset, but some people are gonna get right. Some people are finally going to realize (through the truth) that life can't be lived within an ever-changing core value system. There has to be truth!

It's hard to have a spine in a jellyfish filled world. It's so easy to get caught floating along, never stirring up the waters, never going against the current. Truth demands compliance. Truth demands conformity to a set of absolutes. Truth demands that we all have a spine!