The LORD is very very good.
okay, i know i'm just blogging away today...but i'm just SO excited!! i feel like i'm about to burst, and there's no one online to tell this to!
For the past couple of days, i've just felt very exhausted--physically and spiritually. The warfare on Sunday night was immense, and it was followed by crazy physical exhaustion yesterday.
But on Monday morning, i really prayed through Ephesians 6, and told God that despite ongoing warfare, i wanted to stand firm and speak the gospel boldly.
Today...i got my chance!!!
i had the opportunity to share (albeit a VERY diluted gospel presentation) with my whole class of about 65-70 students!!
We were watching some news clips pertaining to the Columbine tragedy in 1999, and they briefly interviewed Franklin Graham (son of Billy & Ruth Graham, and CEO of Samaritan's Purse) who said that the fundamental problem was sin, and that by taking God out of the classroom, the fundamental problems students were facing weren't being dealt with. He also said that the States would do well to bring back the 10 commandments into the classroom and that the spiritual void needs to be dealt with.
Anyways, upon hearing this, the majority of my class laughed out loud. after the clip, the professor asked if we had any comments...so ME..the girl who NEVER speaks in class..lifts up her hand and says, "i think it was a really poignant part of the film when Franklin Graham said that God should be brought back into the classroom...and i know that THIS classroom laughed about it, but i'm not sure what everyone found so funny. is what he said THAT absurd?
i mean, there's obviously fundamental problems that need to be dealt with in the way we raise children, and i don't see what is so wrong with having students KNOW that there is a God who loves them and who would give EVERYTHING, even His Son, so that he could know them. i think THAT is something that truly brings healing. Every child should know that God loves them and would even DIE for them and i don't think its an absurd thought."
there was a bit of uncomfortable silence...and then of course, people piped up..defending their laughter..saying that it was funny because it was Christianity, and that's why they laughed and such. But it was out there, and i think there were a lot of people who thought about what i had said.
Thus...now i am the "Christian girl" in class...and i'm grateful for it. Praise the Lord.
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Jesus IS the King of Kings!!!
Amen sister friend (:
What a mighty God we serve!
from fainting to preaching... hen hao!
I disagree with teaching religion in classes... especially if it isn't an option... people should be free to choose their beliefs and I really don't think it's correct to teach that to a child or even an adult without his/her own and free will...
freedom and justice:
what about the fact that children nowadays are being taught to believe in science and that there couldn't possibly be a God?
schools aren't teaching nothing....they're teaching something--athiesm. And without introducing the possibility that there could be a God in the classrooms, children (and adults) aren't being GIVEN a choice so that they can use their free will.
I don't ever remember being taught that there is 'no God' when I was in school. In fact, I remember having discussions with both my OAC Chemistry and Physics teachers about religion. My Chemistry teacher made it clear that he was an agnostic while my Physics teacher was an atheist. Neither however pushed their beliefs on the students in their class and presented their material as neutrally as possible. Your comments seem to suggest that one has to make a choice between either science or God which strikes me as somewhat naieve. Anyways, which God would you propose to bring into the classroom? Christian, Muslim, the host of Hindu gods? As a Christian would you want to worship Allah? In a multicultural society religion doesn't belong in the classroom. Religion belongs at home. Tragedies like Columbine happen because kids suffer from lousy parenting, not because they don't recite meaningless prayers to start a school day.
I think the terminiolgy we're looking for here is 'scientific naturalism.' Our science don't really teach atheism, what they do is attempt to build a purely naturalist explanation of the world. They leave out God.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, unless they propose theories that are shaky, but treat them fact because they have nothing better.
And I lean more toward bad parenting too, though I do like the idea of a bunch of UofT students getting it handed to them by the "Christian girl."
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