Christians and government Xenos teacher- Ryan Lowery

Christians and government-  Xenos teacher- Ryan Lowery

Xenos has excellent teaching at 9:30 AM each Sunday.  Normally Doctor Jeff Gordon instructs but he was out and Ryan Lowery, a graduate history major from Ohio State, and about forty years old, had today's lesson on Christians and government from Romans Chapter 13.  Ryan did an excellent job without entering into today's politics except at the end where he stressed that one can be a liberal, conservative or independent Christian American.  The "render unto Caesar the things that are Caeser's and to God the things that are God's" I am so familiar with :




Matthew 22:21 "Caesar's," they replied. Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

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Mark 12:16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.

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Luke 20:25 "Caesar's," they replied. He said to them, "Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

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Romans 13:7 Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

I call this SamKat blog that of a Christian Conservative but any reader can easily tell that I post conservative things repeatedly.  I must keep in mind that God reserves the right to judge each one of us.

Again, Ryan's teaching was excellent this morning and I must continually be reminded. 

Neither Theocracies, whereby the church rules government and such as Rome's, have been successful, nor have commuunistic or fascist governments.  The USA's is a partnership and Christians must respect the government and present the loving ways of God in all of their dealings with others.

Sam

Math- Big and little- Beyond my scope- SamKat

Big in basketball is seven foot and more and little in basketball is 5'5" and smaller in so far as college and professional are concerned. 

Thinking of the vastness of our God, which quickly exceeds the scope of my SamKat blog, I want to divide the largest number by the smallest number to answer for God's vastness.  It must be because the sizes and the distances in the universe are so large and the size of nano particles is so small as to make terrifically great mathmatics.  But I don't know that great minds, such as Einstein's, ever presented such an equation.

In Google, you can find large numbers, such as the googul and the smallest number discussions. I won't bore you with all of that. Interesting? Truly! Beyond my small mind? Truly! BUT, I believe in the love of God and His Son.




But to create the human mind and body and the universe, it is safe to say we are dealing in vastness.  Beyond that vastness is a superhuman plan and love that created also the Christ who died for each of His creations.


And I thank God for that.

Sam

Nero by black gentleman in World Net (WND) Thanks Marge!

A rather surprising article. I had never heard of this man, but I like the way he thinks.


Nero in the White House




Posted: August 08, 2011

5:20 pm Eastern



© 2011

Three significant historical events have been eclipsed by Obama: 1) Jimmy Carter will no longer be looked upon as the worst president in American history; 2) Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton will no longer be recognized as the greatest liars in presidential history; 3) Clinton's stain on Monica's dress, and what that did to the White House in general and the office of the president specifically, will forever pale in comparison to the stain and stench of Obama.

I need not spend much time on the failure of Obama as president. His tenure has been a failure on every measurable level. So much so, in fact, that some of the staunchest, most respected liberal Democrats and Democratic supporters have not only openly criticized him – some even more harshly than this essayist – but they have called for him to step down.

Richard Nixon's words "I am not a crook," punctuated with his involvement in Watergate, and Bill Clinton's finger-wagging as he told one of the most pathetic lies in presidential history, in the aftermath of Obama, will be viewed as mere prevarications.

Mr. Nixon and Clinton lied to save their backsides. Although, I would argue there are no plausible explanations for doing what they did, I could entertain arguments pursuant to understanding their rationales for lying. But in the case of Obama, he lies because he is a liar. He doesn't only lie to cover his misdeeds – he lies to get his way. He lies to belittle others and to make himself look presentable at their expense. He lies about his faith, his associations, his mother, his father and his wife. He lies and bullies to keep his background secret. His lying is congenital and compounded by socio-psychological factors of his life.

Never in my life, inside or outside of politics, have I witnessed such dishonesty in a political leader. He is the most mendacious political figure I have ever witnessed. Even by the low standards of his presidential predecessors, his narcissistic, contumacious arrogance is unequalled. Using Obama as the bar, Nero would have to be elevated to sainthood.

As the stock markets were crashing, taking with them the remaining life saving of untold tens of thousands, Obama was hosting his own birthday celebration, which was an event of epicurean splendidness. The shamelessness of the event was that it was not a state dinner to welcome foreign dignitaries, nor was it to honor an American accomplishment – it was to honor the Pharaoh, Barack Hussein Obama. The event's sole purpose was for the Pharaoh to have his loyal subjects swill wine, indulge in gluttony and behavior unfit to take place on the property of taxpayers, as they suffer. It was of a magnitude comparable to that of Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski's $2 million birthday extravaganza for its pure lack of respect for the people.

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Permit me to digress momentarily. The U.S. Capitol and the White House were built with the intent of bringing awe and respect to America and her people. They were also built with the intent of being the greatest of equalizers. I can tell you, having personally been to both, there is a moment of awe and humility associated with being in the presence of the history of those buildings. They are to be honored and inscribed into our national psyche, not treated as a Saturday night house party at Chicago's Cabrini-Green.

The people of America own that home Obama and his wife continue to debase with their pan-ghetto behavior. It is clear that Obama and family view themselves as royalty, but they're not. They are employees of "we the people," who are suffering because of his failed policies. What message does this behavior send to those who today are suffering as never before?

What message does it send to all Americans who are struggling? Has anyone stopped to think what the stock market downturn forebodes for those 80 million baby boomers who will be retiring in the next period of years? Is there a snowball's chance in the Sahara that every news program on the air would applaud this behavior if it were George W. Bush? To that point, do you remember the media thrashing Bush took for having a barbecue at the White House?

Like Nero – who was only slightly less debaucherous than Caligula – with wine on his lips Obama treated "we the people" the way Caligula treated those over whom he lorded.

Many in America wanted to be proud when the first person of color was elected president, but instead, they have been witness to a congenital liar, a woman who has been ashamed of America her entire life, failed policies, intimidation and a commonality hitherto not witnessed in political leaders. He and his wife view their life at our expense as an entitlement – while America's people go homeless, hungry and unemployed.



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Mychal Massie is chairman of the National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives-Project 21 – a conservative black think tank located in Washington, D.C. He was recognized as the 2008 Conservative Man of the Year by the Conservative Party of Suffolk County, N.Y. He is a nationally recognized political activist, pundit and columnist. He has appeared on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, NBC, Comcast Cable and talk radio programming nationwide. A former self-employed business owner of more than 30 years, Massie can be followed at mychal-massie.com.