Baloo

On October 19, 2006 my best friend, my good and faithful chow dog Baloo, went home to be with his Lord. Please see http://blog.myspace.com/mtntopseaministries

President John F. Kennedy and Matthew 25

We preach freedom around the world, and we mean it. And we cherish our freedom here at home. But are we to say to the world-and much more importantly, to each other-that this is the land of the free, except for Negroes, that we have no second-class citizens, except Negroes, that we have no class or caste system, no ghettos, no master race, except with respect to Negroes!
Now the time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise. The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them....We face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and a people...A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.

The above excerpts were from a major civil rights speech given by President Kennedy on national tv. They are words Jesus would certainly have approved based on Matthew 25.

President John F. Kennedy and Matthew 25

"We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the Scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated."

To be continued.

Jesus and Matthew 25

This story shows how the grateful prostitute was saved and not the Pharisee-the expert in the law. To me the story comes alive today and reminds me of Mary Rivas and Norm Maleng. Please see www.all-ablog-drug-corruption.blogspot.com. We will now be covering Mary Rivas in this blog on a regular basis. Please see August 29, 2006 post. We will also continue to cover her story in all-ablog-drug-corruption.

Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is-that she is a sinner."
Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
"Tell me, teacher," he said.
"Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?"
Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled."
"You have judged correctly," Jesus said.
Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."
Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
The other guests began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
Luke 7:36-50