Why I’m Politically Apathetic: Part 3

Last time I wrote, I spoke about how there is hope in spite of the government’s shortcomings.

I want to continue my thoughts a little bit, because there’s so much to be said in this area, though I’ve only really scratched the surface.

It seems that government is a necessity for our way of life, and that’s very likely true, but I want to emphasize that in spite of the good government proposes

Why I’m Politically Apathetic: Part 2

Last time I posted I wrote a long discourse on the governmental process and the role of mankind within it.  If I’ve made my point clear enough, you’ll see that I believe we can’t trust the government… well, we can’t trust governments in general.  Moreover, the people within these governments are also corrupt.  So whether you’ve got a dictatorship or a democracy, you’re going to have issues.

But, I did say there was hope.

I thoroughly believe there is hope.

So, if we’re screwed, how is there hope?

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

-Psalm 20:7

This verse sums it up pretty well.  People tend to put their trust in worldly systems, but we’re not to put our trust there.  Our trust was never meant to be in

Why I’m Politically Apathetic: Part 1

In 2008, I graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree in History.  Much of my coursework involved studying governments, wars, social trends and the effects of such things on the world.  These things captured my interest, and admittedly, still do.  Even today, I often find myself interested in the trends of our repetitive yet dynamic world.

How can one be interested, yet apathetic?  Is this not a contradiction?

Perhaps.

You see, the more I observe the US, the more I see Rome in it.  Honestly, I wish I didn’t.  As much as I admire the Romans in some respects, God forbid we resemble them.  They reached the height of glory in the world, much like Macedon, Babylon and Assyria before them.  The problem is they fell, and they fell much like any country does, by losing those very values which 

There Is No Spoon

While we’re talking about The Matrix, lets take it a step further.  This time I’m going to use The Matrix as an illustration for how supernatural healing works.

So some background: Neo (Keanu Reeves) is inside a computer program.  Now that he has been freed from it, he can come and go as he pleases.  It’s not the real world and he knows it, but he’s still learning about what the implications are for him.  In this scene Neo is waiting to see a woman called “the Oracle” who’s going to tell him whether or not he’s really “the one.”  Before he meets her, Neo interacts with some children who seem to be able to teach him a lot. Hey, I think Jesus said something somewhere becoming like kids…

Watch now, discuss in a minute.

 

I love teaching people how to pray for healing.  I love getting to be the one to put my hands on someone and say the words, but even more I love seeing other people pick it up.  It’s like double the joy for me.  Not only do I get to see the person who was healed get all excited, but I get to

The One

It is [Christ’s] power to see into the depths of the human heart.  It is not that he sees only the evil there; he sees also the sleeping hero in the soul of every man.

-William Barclay

From Kung Fu Panda to Star Wars we see this idea of a “chosen one.”  Usually this “chosen one” goes through a process of figuring out who he/she is.  Someone picks them out, tells them they’re it, and as time goes on they see the evidence of it and begin to believe it.

Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s not just wacky sci-fi voodoo.  There’s some truth to it.

The Matrix is one of my favorite movies.  Ever.  Also, it’s probably the only Keanu Reeves movie worth investing any amount of time in.  What I love about The Matrix is the parallels it has to the Kingdom of God.

“Mr. Anderson” is a software writer by day, hacker named “Neo” by night.  He gets recruited by this guy named Morpheus who shows him the true state of mankind: namely it’s slavery to machines who keep us all entertained by this computer program known as “the matrix” which we think is the real world.  Morpheus recruits Neo to be a part of a liberation group of sorts, fighting a losing war to free mankind from its enslavement slavery.  They fight this war by infiltrating the matrix and attacking the machines. Morpheus wholeheartedly believes Neo is “the one” who will