The news is full of “unrest” it seems like. We have the mosque going in at ground zero. We have a pastor in Gainesville, FL that is looking to do a public burning of Korans. The Gainesville pastor has gained international attention at every level – truly amazing.
Furthermore, pastors from other churches now are possibly looking to mimic the Gainesville event. All of this adds up to further unrest. I’m not going to comment on the acts themselves because I think they’re a little over played now anyways, but the point is that unrest is everywhere these days.
I recently talked about the Gainesville guy with one of my friends who said he shouldn’t do it because it will prevent people from peacefully living together. I thought to myself since when have people lived peacefully together? The world has and will continue to be chaotic. The world is full of various people groups and controlled by various interests – tension is the constant reality in the world.
As a young man with a young family, I can’t help but notice what is going on in the world. Couple these things with the growing economic uncertainty and it makes me take action. It makes me want to do things that people consider weird and extreme in the name of protecting my family. Buying a gun, buying some extra food, etc. these things are viewed by many as extreme and even more as unnecessary. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, but I don’t think I’m willing to risk it.
After all, the insurance that comes from “prepping” doesn’t cost much yet might be incredibly valuable in the right circumstances.
Side note: the Gainesville pastor is making a political statement. Whether you agree with it or not, I don’t exactly think that it should be the focus of a pastor to be making political statements. Not exactly preaching the gospel if you know what I mean.
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I think a big problem is that not enough pastors ARE making political statements. Churches used to actually speak out against government tyranny where as now they have been taken over by and are mouthpieces for government. I don’t like what this particular pastor is doing but yes there is a tremendous need for pastors and churches to make political statements. When governments do evil things, they must be opposed.