No apologies...

At first, I felt bad about what I wrote in my last post. I felt that maybe, just maybe I was being a little hard. Then it hit me... the name of the blog is:

Christianity Struggles

The above image is from the Civil Rights movement. Pictured is a man facing a menacing dog with another that has his teeth ripping at his clothes. That man realizes that he is in a struggle for his freedom. The people that marched knew that they would face dogs, water cannons, imprisonment, beatings... but they went anyway.

Why? Because they believed it was the right thing to do. 

We say we believe in God, but we also feel the need to apologize to others because telling the truth may hurt their feelings. Well... feelings are temporary. Get over it.

1 Cor 15:17-20
The Message
...if Christ weren't raised, then all you're doing is wandering about in the dark, as lost as ever. It's even worse for those who died hoping in Christ and resurrection, because they're already in their graves. If all we get out of Christ is a little inspiration for a few short years, we're a pretty sorry lot. But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy... 

Christianity is more than a little bit of inspiration and excitement on a Sunday with some liner notes to help us get through Monday. We need to believe, belong, and become. We need to believe in the complete work of Jesus Christ. We need to understand that where we belong as Christians and what our role is in a world that is lost in sin. And finally, we need to become what we're called to be so we can live out our lives in a way that matters.