Andrew M. Barnes

A tough question was asked of me tonight…”What does it mean to live a dangerous life for Christ?”  This isn’t a tough question because I don’t know the answer, it’s a tough question because I do know the answer. 

The first answer that came to mind was from the book of James, which just so happens to be one of my favorite books of the Bible.  The verse that played again over and over in my head is from James 1:22:

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says.”

That is simply a tough pill to swallow.  It’s easy to read that verse and think about other people who should take that verses’ recommendation, its a whole other world to make scripture a constant burden on every action and thought, thus being intentional, in your own life.

In cliche-world, this is where the ‘rubber meets the road’, and where faith is actually practiced.  Christ doesn’t promise that following him will be easy.  Even with faith, a mountain of trust is required.  That trust is what makes faith work and grow in your life. 

Sometimes you just have to walk through pile after pile of crap and just trust/have faith, not that you won’t have to keep walking through the crap, but that by walking through that crap that it will have a beneficial impact on the cause of Christ.

That is what it means to live a dangerous life for Christ.  It’s the only way worth living.

I don’t consider myself the most prolific writer of our times,  my hope would be that most bloggers wouldn’t consider themselves great writers.  However, I would say I’m a great director of information and a rather experienced ranter.  Today, I’m passing along a great article by Jonah Goldberg, Editor at Large of National Review Online entitled The Church of Green. 

Mr. Goldberg brilliantly compares environmentalism with any other form of religion.  He even quotes Bjorn Lomborg, author of the great book Cool It.  This is truely an impressive article that every single person should read, regardless of where you stand on the environmental spectrum.

Here are a few quotes I personally enjoyed…

“At its core, environmentalism is a kind of nature worship. It’s a holistic ideology, shot through with religious sentiment.”

“Environmentalists insist that their movement is a secular one. But using the word “secular” no more makes you secular than using the word “Christian” automatically means you behave like a Christian.”

 ”Never mind that full implementation of the Kyoto protocols on greenhouse gases would save exactly one polar bear…”

Here’s the link.

Oh, and here’s a really funny “blog” that is riddled with sarcasm.  Gotta love it.