I have spent the past several days ignoring the thousands of posts about Bruce Jenner's sex change. I am not going into whether it was right or wrong, but seriously folks...
It seems that every conservative Christian publication or broadcast is now focusing all of their time and energy on preaching against Bruce Jenner's "sexual deviancy."
First off, people are calling him horrible ugly names. If you think he has committed a horrible sin what do you think Jesus would do? Would Jesus call him names and be all hateful? Jesus loves sinners. Jesus loves us enough to die for us! For those who are quoting their Bible all over the place, "You who are without sin, cast the first stone." Stones are being thrown all over the internet!
More than that, is one man wanting to become a woman really the worst evil going on in the world right now? Really?
What about everyone who is being murdered by ISIS? What about the Christians being persecuted in the Middle East and Africa? What about the innocent children being sold into sex slavery all around the world?
Then again, if you would rather focus on the positive things we should be doing as Christians rather than the negative things that need to be preached against... How many natural disasters have occurred over the past couple of months? There are people who have lost their homes or even their lives in the floods in TX. That is just here at home. Where could we be using the internet to get people to do positive things to help those in need? Where could we be bringing attention to "the least of these?"
Over the past couple of days I have actually been embarrassed on behalf of Jesus and God's church. All I saw was ugly, mean spirited, name calling, and rock throwing. That is not what we are about as disciples of Jesus Christ!
As Ron Weasley said in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", "[We] really need to sort out [our] priorities."
May Christ's Peace be with you!
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