a new law

From Derek Webb’s album Mockingbird, in full sarcasm mode:

A New Law

(vs. 1)
don’t teach me about politics and government
just tell me who to vote for

don’t teach me about truth and beauty
just label my music

don’t teach me how to live like a free man
just give me a new law

(pre-chorus)
i don’t wanna know if the answers aren’t easy
so just bring it down from the mountain to me

(chorus)
i want a new law
i want a new law
gimme that new law

(vs. 2)
don’t teach me about moderation and liberty
i prefer a shot of grape juice

don’t teach me about loving my enemies

don’t teach me how to listen to the Spirit
just give me a new law

(pre-chorus/chorus)

(bridge)
what’s the use in trading a law you can never keep
for one you can that cannot get you anything
do not be afraid
do not be afraid
do not be afraid

preachers vs. the IRS

The Alliance Defense Fund organized a protest this Sunday, in which preachers across the nation stood in their pulpits and told their flocks who to vote for.  Not only is this illegal, it is incredibly insulting (to me anyway).  One of the preachers in this CNN video said, “there’s no way a Christian could vote for Barack Hussein Obama.”  Watch me.

Your thoughts?

division is not of God

I admire my wife’s gifts and passions, all the more because they’re so different than my own. One of her passions is unity. Any whiff of division makes her spirit uneasy.

1Co 12:25 And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another.

Work to preserve the peace. Forgive hurts that have caused division.

Eph 4:2-6 Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another. Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together. There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; there is one God and Father of all people, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.

Keep a lookout. Our enemy uses division to make us weak. He knows how strong we are when we’re united.