We refer to the 5th to the 10th centuries as the “dark ages” we congratulate ourselves that we live in a time of spiritual enlightenment. We cheer ourselves and thank God that we are not like the sinners we see around us. What about the church today makes us enlightened or spiritually correct? We go to church on Sunday, we occasionally read our bible, we’re nice to our worldly friends and co-workers. God has blessed us with good jobs, nice cars and plasma TV’s. We pray and He answers our prayers for sunshine on a wedding day, a new cell phone and that parking spot by the front door of the store… but a child slowly starves to death in Africa… every few moments. Either God listens to us and not others or we have deceived ourselves. If it's the latter we need to pray for mercy.
The following video captures one of the most provocative and important messages I have heard in many years. I can’t look at myself or my Christianity the same way since I saw it. If you don’t want to question the way you are living your life as a self-professed Christian don’t watch it. If you do watch it there’s a good chance you’ll turn it off because it will offend you. Or worse you'll turn it off because you’re comfortably numb. But if it hurts then that’s a good thing because that means you still have a conscience. Watch the video… if you dare…
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
- Proverbs 27:6 NASB
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