by Karen S. Matthias-Long

by Karen S. Matthias-Long

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Oxymoron Christians

Oxymorons for 2011:
  • Loving Christians
  • Generous Christians
How would you use these oxymorons in a sentence? Here are a couple examples:

As "loving Christians," members of the Florida Family Association are doing everything in their power to "educate people on what they can do to defend, protect, and promote traditional, biblical values" and by doing so they are getting companies to boycott the TLC show, "All-American Muslim."

Hate and mistrust are Christian values.

Members of the House of Representatives, many are whom would call themselves "generous Christians" (especially in election year) voted to pass HR 3630, "the misleadingly named Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act. The bill extends the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance, but it cuts benefits by 40 weeks."  In addition to that, it also "adds qualifiers designed to slam the door on the jobless, like requiring a drug test before the unemployed can receive benefits." Nothing like kicking someone when he or she is already down.

Class-ism is a Christian value.

NO!

We need a reminder, Jesus, to show us what it is like to truly follow you - to be loving and not judgmental, to be generous and not greedy. Help us to get away from being "oxymoron" Christians.

Come, Lord Jesus. Come!

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