Just Words

For what it is worth, today I saw that a church in Baton Rouge, and I believe it could be questioned on the meaning of the word church, was asking BP for $50,000 to offset a loss in giving, because of the oil spill.  Do you want to be part of a church that puts their trust in BP as its provider?  BP being your god, or at best your source, and they cannot stop oil from a little hole in the earth!  I know, it will be offensive to that group of 70 people in Baton Rouge, La. and the pastor to tell them to look to our Creator, He is a proven source.  But this is what the apostle Paul told the church, “For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia.  For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.  Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death.  But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:8-9)

Bob Rice

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