Tomorrow Wendy

One of my all time favorite songs is “Tomorrow Wendy” by Concrete Blonde. I’m particularly fond of the Live in Brazil version. One of my favorite parts of the song is the section that irreverently reads:

I told the priest,
Don’t count on any second coming
God got his ass kicked
The first time he came down here slummin’
He had the balls to come
The gall to die and then forgive us
No I don’t wonder why
I wonder what he thought it would get us

Occasionally I like to entertain myself by tuning in to see what the Morons are up to. Morons typically come in the form of religious zealots that enjoy pushing their beliefs on everyone else. Below, in its entirety, is a column written by Joseph L. Green. Joe, who is now both an author and a minister used to be homeless and a drug dealer. Now he’s dealing the drugs of hate and fear. They’re more addictive and a lot easier to spread. Way to go Joe! Joe can be reached at jgministries@gmail.com. I’m sure he’d love to hear our thoughts on his rendition of what God wants for all of us.

Obama’s support of gays is anti-Christian

By Joseph L. Green Guest Commentary

The correct form of marriage is the purest expression of human love between a man and a woman. God loves marriage and has ordained it.
Soon after the creation of mankind, it was God himself who set this institution in place. In addition, Jesus was clear that not all people have the gift of celibacy, wherein He describes them as eunuchs from the womb (Matthew 19:12). He reveals that because most people are not created to remain alone; they are to marry. Paul was also very practical to inform the reader that it is better to be married than to burn in lust, and therefore ultimately fall into sin.

‘Male and female’
The Scripture states in Matthew 19:4-6, “And He (Jesus) answered and said to them, ‘Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” God’s plan for marriage is about love, respect and admiration for a person that you will devote your life to and possibly create and nurture new life with.

When marriage is honored and carried out God’s way, it makes us stronger and better as individuals. When we have strong marriages, we have strong families that make a healthy and productive society. There are overwhelming statistics proving that homes that lack the presence of both one father and one mother result in many of the problems that plague society. It is no coincidence that these social ills have come as a result of not following God’s instructions for Biblical marriage.

The books of Leviticus, Romans, 1 Corinthians, and 1 Timothy all demonstrate that the Bible clearly speaks to homosexuality as being unnatural and unacceptable to God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, The Amplified Bible reads, “Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality, nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortionists and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.”

Clearly a sin
Homosexuality is a sin. God despises all sin, whether it is adultery, lying, stealing or homosexuality. We need to acknowledge these things as wrong and not force others to accept or embrace these sins.

I have an issue when anyone tries to rewrite the Bible and change the mind of God by saying that God is not opposed to same sex marriages. The Bible states that there will be an apostasy that will take place in the church in which people will turn away from sound Biblical teaching. They will accept and recognize the things that God called wrong as right.

The ‘messiah’ Barack Obama is calling what God called wrong as right, and will enact policies to which godly scripture will be “hate speech” and ungodly principals will be celebrated. As followers of Jesus, not Obama, we are obligated to not only live by the Word of God, but to teach others what the Bible truly says about how we should live.

Loving truth
The Bible is not hate speech. Preaching life, as it is revealed in the Bible, demonstrates a greater love. Loving someone does not mean that you ignore what you believe to be wrong. When you love someone, you tell him or her the truth, and you do it in a manner to help and not harm.

Because of Jesus, we now can live a life of freedom from the burden and the curse of sin. Jesus came to redeem anyone that would accept salvation through repentance and faith. We can now spend eternity with the most fulfilling and permanent marriage you will ever be a part of – the marriage of the sinless church with Jesus Christ.