Whew ... I'm ready to get the organ fired up & ask the Pentecostals to do some cartwheels in the isles.
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Whew ... I'm ready to get the organ fired up & ask the Pentecostals to do some cartwheels in the isles.
Think about it. If someone breaks into your house, steals your television, and then is caught, would you not rather the person repay you for the television than you pay for the person’s incarceration via taxation?
James says that pure and undefiled religion is to serve the widow and the orphan. In many ways the modern church and our social justice campaigns have changed James’ words to say: “Pure and undefiled politics is this, to serve the widow and the orphan.” In so doing we’ve assuaged our guilt of not truly serving the widow and orphan because we live under a government that claims to do so.