Theocentric Musings

  Sounds good on paper, but there's one thing that gets forgotten. You do have to actually be compassionate to be "compassionate". The definition of compassionate is a deep feeling of sympathy and sorrow for another. Synonyms of compassiona te are commiserate, mercy, tenderness, clemency. Look up the definitions of these words. How many that share a trope like this one actually express compassion? 90%? 75%? 50%? 25%? 10%? 5%? 1%? Based on my experience not many are actually compassionate, that's saddens me because it takes a great message and turns it into an ugly platitude. So maybe there are 3 huge lies our culture has accepted, the 3rd would be that our culture has redefined being compassionate into some kind of caricature of it's true meaning, and have actually redefined it as compassion's antonyms. Our culture, including the Christian culture, loves to speak crass while pointing out other people's shortcomings with vitriol, usually whi...

I’m going to get serious here for a moment and address something that you may have heard on the news. Unless you live under a rock, even if you have no television, you somehow probably learned about an event surrounding Phil Robertson of the Duck Dynasty clan. He was asked questions, what some consider controversial questions, and he answered them the only way he knows how. With some down south humor and honesty, with a sprinklin’ of bible mixed in. A down south Christian gumbo of an answer, if you will. And I just did. Well, those answers weren’t met well from certain groups and they immediately were offended, possibly like some of you may be as I progress in my writing (shhhh, I shouldn’t give that away so early, you may not continue reading). Well, forget I said that and I’ll move on. If you haven’t heard the interview, I’m going to share it. Well, I’m going to paraphrase it a little because I don’t actually have permission to share the interview, but I think it will make...

It shouldn't come as a surprise that something like this would happen. When anyone who believes was lost, did you agree with much of what those "Jesus Freaks" said? No. Use your heads and a little remembrance. You may not have then forced your view on the "Jesus Freaks", but you certainly didn't support much of what they said . So why do Christians after being born-again think they can force a morality on the lost, when it didn't work with them? I'm not against speaking the truth, far from it, what I am against is then feeling or speaking of others as victims when the world lashes out. Aside from the fact that he has a great wealth that God has blessed him with, Phil Robertson "The Duck Commander", has everlasting life with his God and his Savior. We, Christians, are not victims, ever, we are victors. We have a future, a wonderful future, an eternal future. Sometimes we seem to forget that. We are overcomers. This doesn't...

If you're going to boycott A&E then take the time you would have spent watching it and go feed the homeless, volunteer at a woman's shelter, help under privileged children, paint your single parent neighbor's house, heal the sick, feed the poor, spread the Gospel, do something to help someone. If you aren't going to do anything but watch some other channel, spend your time complaining on Faceboo k or Twitter, or signing electronic petitions, then please, no offense, SHUT UP*. Jinkies. * I wrote this part with a dramatic flair, don't get testy about it, I'm like totally kidding. But I'm serious. Serious, I'm just kidding. But seriously, shut up. I'm just pulling your leg. So go shut up. I am kidding. But trying to make a point too. Smile, Jesus loves you. For some of you reading this that don't understand my sense of humor let me clear things up... Ready? This Is A Joke There are things to think about in this post but... It...