"Defend your clan, even with your life." - Warrior code, Warrior cats novel series. Also, if you don't like that I post Christian blogs, then please either do not subscribe/watch me or complain.
Let's face it; being Christian in this day and age isn't the easiest thing to do. We face opposition from every quarter; those telling us our faith is, in some form or another, not real. We face angry people, even mobs at times. We suffer insults to our intelligence, among other things. And, in far off countries, some Christians even face outright death - whether by government or mob action - for speaking the Word of God, or for refusing to de-convert.
Sadly, there are many still misguided on this matter or who ignore the fact that abortion is murder while claiming it's "women's rights" or "reproductive freedom." While the overturning of Roe v. Wade was a great victory against baby murder, abortion is still legal in a number of US states, not to mention elsewhere in the world.
One of the things skeptics like to bring up about God is the issue of His morality. They decry the Biblical flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the punishment of the Canaanites, and more. How, they ask - demand, more like - can a loving, just God do/order these things?
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‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not [w]notice?’
Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire,
And oppress all your workers.
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Behold, you fast for contention and strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.You do not fast like you have done today to make your voice heard on high!
16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Stop doing evil,
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Learn to do good;Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor,
Obtain justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow’s case.18
“Come now, and let us [h]debate your case,”Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,