By the works of Sharia you can judge it.

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Last night son two had to play in string quartet at his school open day. After this we ordered food and went to one of the few cafes that is open around 8 PM. And while waiting for some drinks I saw these cards, which are there for people to write notes on and post to their friends.

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The coffee shop is secular, and that is a gracious idea. But I am perverse, and such things demotivate me. In addition I am aware that this world is not nice: I have been dealing with people who are dying, grieving: in part because it is my job and my duty, but also because I do keep my eyes open.

The reason this TV anchor is wearing an N (In Arabic) is because ISIS used that initial to mark the houses belonging to Christians: then threatened them with death if they did not leave. She is indicating she is standing with the refugees, as more history is ground into the dust by the ignorant. ISIS is as one with the twit who burned the Library of Alexandria, saying he only needed the Quran.

Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause

A Maskil of Asaph.

O God, why do you cast us off forever?
Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,
which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!
Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;
the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place;
they set up their own signs for signs.
They were like those who swing axes
in a forest of trees.
And all its carved wood
they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
They set your sanctuary on fire;
they profaned the dwelling place of your name,
bringing it down to the ground.
They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

We do not see our signs;
there is no longer any prophet,
and there is none among us who knows how long.
How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!

Yet God my King is from of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
You divided the sea by your might;
you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
You split open springs and brooks;
you dried up ever-flowing streams.
Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
you have made summer and winter.

Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs,
and a foolish people reviles your name.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts;
do not forget the life of your poor forever.

Have regard for the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.

Arise, O God, defend your cause;
remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

(Psalm 74 ESV)

One of the saving graces for my Roman and Anglican friends is the missal, the lectionary, the book of common prayer. Because the text is read out: although the more liberal churches delight in singing the psalms, preferably in a dead liturgical language (Maori is used locally) so no one will read or hear them.

Because God is not scared of our grief, our anger, and our rage at the loss.

Consider Abraham. Sodom and Gomorrah were wicked (and we are not merely talking about institutionalized homosexual rape of strangers: but the society oppressed the poor, delighted in luxury, and lived by intimidation). But Abraham said… what if 10 righteous live there? Will the Almighty not save it?

But he found one righteous man, Lot, who was weak. And liked the bottle, and that man he rescued.

Pray for the Syrian and Iraqi Christians, as they do not re-enter their houses, and flee from a system of oppression that forces their poor Muslim neighbour to lose much of that which makes a society civilized.

Because when a society drives out the righteous, it will devolve into pagan despair within years, not decades. The Christians have a duty in society — to be salt, preserving a functional way of life: and light, exposing evil, and practising good. When we go, society is in a spiral.

But, generally, before the Christians are driven out, the tribe of Israel is shunned. They are a sign: when the leftist are coming for the Jews, they will follow by coming after us.

So excuse me, the cute does not cut it at present. I cannot put on a happy face and play Churchian. I see the hate coming, and it is getting personal.

But God is merciful. He understands our distress. He understands our weaknesses. And coffee is no sin.

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And on the injustices against Israel I will not remain silent, and the oppression of my brothers and sisters in Christ I will state. To those who despise the gospel and want to censor I say change your life, your ideology and your faith, for perdition awaits.

By the works of Sharia you can judge it. There is no gates of paradise for the Muslim, but the pit.

One thought on “By the works of Sharia you can judge it.”

  1. “And coffee is no sin.”
    Darn right! Unless perhaps it’s bad coffee, like Dunkin Donuts’… (You’d probably add Timmy’s to that, but I wouldn’t.) 🙂

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