Forced to Pray in School!

Yes, you read it right, children were forced to pray in government school in the UK. Perhaps you'd be less shocked if you heard that they were forced to pray to Allah. Oh, of course! According to the "lights" of our age, being asked to pray to God would be horrible discrimination, but being forced to pray to Allah is learning to be sensitive and to appreciate diversity. Can anyone tell me why there are any Christian parents who still have their children in public schools in the UK?

For those who do, I want to remind you of the Ten Commandments and most specifically the first two:

“You shall have no other gods before Me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

We are not to bow down and pray to anyone but God alone. The Islamic religion is not compatible with Christianity - it denies the deity of Christ, the need for a Savior, salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, among other things. We, as parents, will be held accountable for what we teach and allow to be taught to our children. It would be different if you were in a country where you had no legal alternative, but this is not true in the UK. There are public (we call them private in the US) schools and you even have the freedom to teach your own children at home. Check out Home Service. No excuses. Our children's souls are at stake.

Read the whole thing here.

H/T WorldNetDaily

Gossip Goes High Tech

Well, I just once again read a internet screed written by a friend of mine attacking other friends of mine and felt like weeping. What is so incredibly sad about this is that everyone involved is a Christian. Granted, each person involved feels like they followed Biblical principles and the other person is plainly wrong and has destroyed their life. They feel like they have no recourse other than to spread their accusations on the net. The attacked party feels like they have no recourse other than to respond. So, anyone reading these sites feels dirty and soiled and can hardly think of anyone on either side the same way anymore. And our dirty laundry - our lack of conformity to Christ - is shouted before the world.

Wouldn't it be better to be wronged?

That's what keeps going through my head. Is God not in His heaven? Is He not able to bring sinners to justice? Must we attack the reputation of fellow believers before the entire world?

I know, I've heard all the reasons: These people plainly aren't real Christians. I need to warn people about them. I need to make sure others aren't hurt by them. It's the only way I have to be made right.

I understand that if my reputation had been attacked, if we'd lost what our friends are saying that they have, I would no doubt desire to do the same thing. But, oh how I hope the Lord would give me the faith and grace not to. For it seems better to be wronged than to parade our disunity and ill-feelings before the world.

And to those who provoked all this anger, was there some way to avoid hurting a brother or sister this much? Some way to restore the relationship? Some way to be wronged rather than destroy each other?

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. John 17:20-21

May it be so. I don't ever want to read another one of those as long as I live.