Democrats in Bible Times

     Well, what'd ya know! 

     In Paul's letter to the Romans, chapter 16:17-18, he wrote:

     I urge you brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the minds of naive people.

      We should not be surprised - people 20 centuries ago were thinking and acting like many people today. Human nature has not changed since Adam and Eve. Our toys are much advanced, but our belief and behavior are what Jesus wants from us. First of all...

A Godless Age

     As above, Jim Cymbala, senior pastor at The Brooklyn Tabernacle, says our culture today mirrors what Timothy saw in Ephesus. "We live now in a mostly non-Christian country. When society is essentially godless, how should Christians respond?" 

     "Think of the Ephesian culture," he wrote. "There was no moral majority. Yet, Paul said, 'First of all, let the church be praying...for kings and those in authority.' Cymbala adds, "We are to pray for our leaders, whether they be Republican or Democrat."  

     Jesus said, "My house will be called a house of prayer" (Matthew 21:13). First of all. Why? "Because prayer brings God onto the scene."

            Jimmy