Free-For-All Friday

Martin Luther + Praying for DT + Hunting for Scalps

CLEANSING THE TEMPLE

“Do you now know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit?” 1 Cor. 6:19

“What might Jesus see that needs cleansing in the temple of our bodies? What about our bodies distracts us from God or is an obstacle to our worship? How can my body better be used in worship & service to God? The answers will undoubtedly bring us closer to Christ.” At the Crossroads: Devotions for Lent, by David Kehret, Creative Communications for the Parish, 2016.

Wit & Wisdom of Cal Thomas

From column in Norfolk Daily News (2/14):  "Modern Christians sometimes suffer from the notion that God is only active when someone they voted for wins an election & that He must have gone on holiday when the candidate they didn't vote for prevails . . . 
          "Some evangelical friends of mine are dumping on President Trump because of his personal history. Too many others are vigorously defending, even inexplicably excusing his bad behavior . . . 
          "I like to ask Trump's evangelical critics if they ever pray for him, as Paul also instructed believers to do.
          "The question could also be asked another way & I have asked it of evangelical friends:  'How many of you prayed for President Obama when he was in office?' Not many I have learned, except perhaps in a perfunctory way."

Wit & Wisdom of Jonah Goldberg *

* One of my 2 favorite partisan pundits **
** Cal Thomas is the other

"We live in a time when partisan affiliation & ideological worldviews serve as substitute religions. And if we've learned anything from the past few years, the capacity for outrage on the left & right is near infinite. There's nothing wrong with forcefully expressing disagreement, but the constant hunt for scalps will leave everyone bald & bloodied. SOURCE:  online column, "On the Constant Hunt for Fresh Outrage," (10/3).