Title: Sorry (2 of 2)
Series: Words To Live By
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Luke 18:9-14
A woman told about a conversation that she'd had with her 4-year-old son after they'd gotten out of their Bible Studies one night. She said: "My son and I were WALKING to our car, and he said to me, 'Mom, I'm not going to sin anymore.'" I got to wondering this, so I asked him why he said that, and this was his answer: "Jesus said if you don't sin, you can throw the first stone and I want to throw the 1st stone." (List Member Dannette from Ohio)
Our word for today is "SORRY."
It used to be that - in our culture - if an actor/ politician/ public figure said or did something they shouldn't have said or done AND, if they stood in front of a camera and admitted to the world they were wrong; Americans would often be willing to give them a pass and forgive them. I mean: just say you're sorry! That's all that most people would want to hear.
But that's changed over the last few years. We've now entered the era where people throw stones... a lot! It's called "the cancel culture" and it dominates social media and internet. If a comedian/ actor/ politician has said or done something that's offensive - EVEN if happened 30 years in the past - there is NO forgiveness given. EVER!
No matter how many times someone says "I'm sorry" - these critics will NEVER forgive.
Commenting on this... an agnostic by the name of Andrew Sullivan observed that the Cancel Culture "filled the void that Christianity once owned, without any of the wisdom and culture and restraint that Christianity once provided.' (Andrew Sullivan, "Andrew Sullivan: America's New Religions," Intelligencer, December 7, 2018, http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/andrew-sullivan-americas-new-religions.html.)
Another man noted that The ONLINE shame culture is "Christianity with all of the forgiveness sucked out." (David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, ...
Series: Words To Live By
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Luke 18:9-14
A woman told about a conversation that she'd had with her 4-year-old son after they'd gotten out of their Bible Studies one night. She said: "My son and I were WALKING to our car, and he said to me, 'Mom, I'm not going to sin anymore.'" I got to wondering this, so I asked him why he said that, and this was his answer: "Jesus said if you don't sin, you can throw the first stone and I want to throw the 1st stone." (List Member Dannette from Ohio)
Our word for today is "SORRY."
It used to be that - in our culture - if an actor/ politician/ public figure said or did something they shouldn't have said or done AND, if they stood in front of a camera and admitted to the world they were wrong; Americans would often be willing to give them a pass and forgive them. I mean: just say you're sorry! That's all that most people would want to hear.
But that's changed over the last few years. We've now entered the era where people throw stones... a lot! It's called "the cancel culture" and it dominates social media and internet. If a comedian/ actor/ politician has said or done something that's offensive - EVEN if happened 30 years in the past - there is NO forgiveness given. EVER!
No matter how many times someone says "I'm sorry" - these critics will NEVER forgive.
Commenting on this... an agnostic by the name of Andrew Sullivan observed that the Cancel Culture "filled the void that Christianity once owned, without any of the wisdom and culture and restraint that Christianity once provided.' (Andrew Sullivan, "Andrew Sullivan: America's New Religions," Intelligencer, December 7, 2018, http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/andrew-sullivan-americas-new-religions.html.)
Another man noted that The ONLINE shame culture is "Christianity with all of the forgiveness sucked out." (David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, ...
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