Just wondering...Psalm 14:1 "The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." My footnote says fool is morally perverse, not mentally deficient. Why would someone even care if there is a God or not? How would that affect his/her life? Or is there an innate knowing that IF I believe in a God, I also have to believe in accountability for my life choices? And I want to be boss of my life, not yielded to some ethereal godhead who would want to keep tally of my misdeeds...and call me to account for each of them...
I wonder if we in "the church" have projected a caricature of God rather than allow Him to reflect Himself in our lives. We see fools who don't believe in God...and we wag our finger and say, "Aha...one day you will get a comeupance..." Thus portraying a stern schoolmaster or a tyrannical authoritarian figure rather than God the Father who loves us enough to want more for us than a life of UNBELIEF... I picture a bloodied, mangled Son crying out from a horrific Roman cross Father forgive them...they do not know what they are doing...to the crowd around the cross and to humanity in 2010.
Hi beth, I was wondering if you would be willing to share some information and possibly pictures about your experience teaching in jerusalem as I cant seem to find any. I am considering teaching there with Ross Byars and just want some information from someone outside of administrators. feel free to email or you can find me on Facebook. karim.belle1@gmail.com
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