pastorfrogge
  • Home
  • About
  • Sermons
  • Worship Help
  • Contact
  • Daily Devotionals
  • Sign Up Devotionals

Ecclesiological Etchings

02-11-23

2/11/2023

0 Comments

 

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
February 11, 2023
​On this day in 1861, the United States House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution guaranteeing non-interference with slavery in any state remaining in the Union. It was an attempt to hold the Union together at a time when multiple states had already seceded and Civil War appeared inevitable. There were those who adamantly opposed slavery, yet they chose to vote with the Yeas. I know government is all about compromise, but I just cringe at the thought of saying anything is more important than liberating enslaved people. I recognize how the cringe comes from someone living 150 years after that moment in time, yet there were those who consciously set aside something so central to their convictions in an attempt to hold off a war that happened nonetheless. As people of faith, what are our core convictions? I’m not suggesting we all have the same identical list, but what do we claim to value above everything else? Do we compromise on those things? I have my list, yet lately I have recognized places where I have given ground for reasons I cannot describe as worthy. Oh, maybe I can create what sounds like a good justification, but in the end, am I making concessions that might sound good but allow suffering and injustice to remain in place?

O God, this faith thing looks easy on paper, but it can be a lot more challenging and complicated in the day-to-day implementation. I do not wish to compromise on love, mercy and justice, so I pray for assistance in standing firm when standing firm is needed for the sake of the vulnerable, the powerless and those who have no voice. Amen.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Rev. Bruce Frogge
    Sr. Minister
    Cypress Creek
    ​Christian Church

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019

    RSS Feed

  • Home
  • About
  • Sermons
  • Worship Help
  • Contact
  • Daily Devotionals
  • Sign Up Devotionals