"The War on Christianity is the civil rights issue of our time"
The "Hutch"
The other day, when performing my non-stop job of cutting the grass, I was also listening to the radio. Glenn Beck had two very powerful men of faith on his radio show. They are part on an organization called the Black Robe Regiment. One is a Jewish Rabbi named Daniel Lapin and the other is a Minister named Ken Hutcherson, aka "The Hutch".
You first might ask yourself "what is the Black Robe Regiment?" According to historian David Barton:
The Black Robed Regiment was the name that the British placed on the courageous and patriotic American clergy during the Founding Era (a backhanded reference to the black robes they wore). Significantly, the British blamed the Black Regiment for American Independence, and rightfully so, for modern historians have documented that:
The people that proclaim to be part of the modern day Black Robe Regiment are the first of many to remind us that our rights do not come from government, but they come from God. They also feel the modern day discrimination and besmirchment of Christians and Christianity is a civil rights issue. Not just a civil rights issue, but THE civil rights issue of our time.
Beck asked Hutch what was wrong with our churches today. Why do we cower when attacked? Why can't our churches be strong and proclaim the gospel and justice in the same breath. Hutch responded, "Instead of our churches being led by evangelicals, they are led by people acting like e-van jellyfish." WOW! True words Hutch!
I addressed this issue before, only using different words. For the church to be different than the world, it must talk different, and more importantly, act different. Come out from the cocoon, take care of the least of us, and mingle with those who have lived lives not so pure. Most importantly however, is be brave, be bold. We don't have the time anymore for jellyfish. We need lions.
You first might ask yourself "what is the Black Robe Regiment?" According to historian David Barton:
The Black Robed Regiment was the name that the British placed on the courageous and patriotic American clergy during the Founding Era (a backhanded reference to the black robes they wore). Significantly, the British blamed the Black Regiment for American Independence, and rightfully so, for modern historians have documented that:
There is not a right asserted in the Declaration of Independence which had not been discussed by the New England clergy before 1763.It is strange to today's generation to think that the rights listed in the Declaration of Independence were nothing more than a listing of sermon topics that had been preached from the pulpit in the two decades leading up to the American Revolution, but such was the case.
The people that proclaim to be part of the modern day Black Robe Regiment are the first of many to remind us that our rights do not come from government, but they come from God. They also feel the modern day discrimination and besmirchment of Christians and Christianity is a civil rights issue. Not just a civil rights issue, but THE civil rights issue of our time.
Beck asked Hutch what was wrong with our churches today. Why do we cower when attacked? Why can't our churches be strong and proclaim the gospel and justice in the same breath. Hutch responded, "Instead of our churches being led by evangelicals, they are led by people acting like e-van jellyfish." WOW! True words Hutch!
I addressed this issue before, only using different words. For the church to be different than the world, it must talk different, and more importantly, act different. Come out from the cocoon, take care of the least of us, and mingle with those who have lived lives not so pure. Most importantly however, is be brave, be bold. We don't have the time anymore for jellyfish. We need lions.
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