PETITION

I don't know if you've noticed how much easier it is to get people to sign petitions for stuff they're against than stuff they're for, but it's true.

The very word 'petition' kind of assumes you're against whatever it is, doesn't it?

I mean, you never hear anyone passing around a petition to, say, give the boss a raise 'because all of us in the office agree he really deserves it.'

Petitions are always about things we're against, never things we're for.  This has been one of the least desirable marks of Christianity for as long as I can remember.  And when that becomes one of our standards, it's way too easy to get judgmental quickly.

If we were to stand at the back doors of our American church auditoriums on the weekend and pass out ready-made signs protesting the latest Supreme Court decision that didn't go our way, we'd likely have a rush of takers.


It's way easier to condemn a pornographic magazine seller than it is to campaign for Godly, healthy attitudes toward sex.

Christ has not saved us from the world; He's saved us to it.  Yes, He came to deliver us from the evil one, but the call is to go into the world and change it - not petition against it.

And be blessed.

P.S.  There is no petition going around at KFA, just so you know.  Not that I know of.

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