THE DRAWBRIDGE
by Bob Wickizer
Scripture: Psalms 107:1-3, Psalms 107:17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21
Title: The Drawbridge
Author: Bob Wickizer
Text: Psalm 107:1-3,17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21
We only have a few weeks left of Lent. Our Sunday readings are making the great windup for the resurrection and empty tomb. It reminds me of major league baseball. The pitcher is at the mound. He holds the ball in his glove. He winds up. Aaaaaaannnndddd the pitch.
Two cautionary notes are in order here. First, this is the season of heavy fire insurance sales. It is so easy to just interpret everything literally and then personalize it. Globally, you can find brutal, bloody passion plays at Oberammergau in Germany to Spain, Italy, Britain, and Jamaica. All these violent things happened just this way. God's only son died just for you so that you can go to heaven, float around on angel wings, see your loved ones, and eat bonbons for eternity. Just sign here. Pay your money to this church, and Jesus will save you from your nasty, brutish, and short life.
Secondly, we have the modern resurrection of (wait for it), antisemitism. I commend to you Noah Feldman's excellent article on it in this weeks' Time magazine. But it seems like the liberal left has succumbed to groupthink in its condemnation of Israel. Israel is not perfect, but leveling charges of genocide and crimes against humanity against one side while ignoring the other is right out of the propaganda and political manipulation playbook.
We won't dwell on this today, but I want to give you one counter example to the nonsensical accusations. The word is "Yarmouk." Yarmouk, Syria that is. Around 2016, Syria's dictator, Bashar Assad, led the murder of over 100,000 Palestinians in that town. The Syrian army attacked civilians with guns, chemical attacks, and starvation. Yet the world did not say a thing. Nobody condemned Assad. No charges of genocide, etc. I'm just saying, if you're going to jump on a bandwagon, at least be consistent. Nuf said.
Easter, and the passion plays of Good Friday are t ...
Author: Bob Wickizer
Text: Psalm 107:1-3,17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21
We only have a few weeks left of Lent. Our Sunday readings are making the great windup for the resurrection and empty tomb. It reminds me of major league baseball. The pitcher is at the mound. He holds the ball in his glove. He winds up. Aaaaaaannnndddd the pitch.
Two cautionary notes are in order here. First, this is the season of heavy fire insurance sales. It is so easy to just interpret everything literally and then personalize it. Globally, you can find brutal, bloody passion plays at Oberammergau in Germany to Spain, Italy, Britain, and Jamaica. All these violent things happened just this way. God's only son died just for you so that you can go to heaven, float around on angel wings, see your loved ones, and eat bonbons for eternity. Just sign here. Pay your money to this church, and Jesus will save you from your nasty, brutish, and short life.
Secondly, we have the modern resurrection of (wait for it), antisemitism. I commend to you Noah Feldman's excellent article on it in this weeks' Time magazine. But it seems like the liberal left has succumbed to groupthink in its condemnation of Israel. Israel is not perfect, but leveling charges of genocide and crimes against humanity against one side while ignoring the other is right out of the propaganda and political manipulation playbook.
We won't dwell on this today, but I want to give you one counter example to the nonsensical accusations. The word is "Yarmouk." Yarmouk, Syria that is. Around 2016, Syria's dictator, Bashar Assad, led the murder of over 100,000 Palestinians in that town. The Syrian army attacked civilians with guns, chemical attacks, and starvation. Yet the world did not say a thing. Nobody condemned Assad. No charges of genocide, etc. I'm just saying, if you're going to jump on a bandwagon, at least be consistent. Nuf said.
Easter, and the passion plays of Good Friday are t ...
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