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Lately society in Namibia rocked by reports of gender-based violence. selena gomez oscars With regularity is understood women of all ages who are victims of murder, rape and abuse has become. * The public expects the church answers and solutions to. Indeed, the church in these times aloof silent. (Recently, a group of ministers and DRCN VGKN a joint statement on this issue during our recent conference at Rock Lodge, near Okahandja.) The problem of course extends beyond Namibia. In larger international context can be expected that the Oscar Pistorius case again this horrific abuse in the limelight will make.
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THE ROOT OF SIN: Visible offenses are symptoms of deeper sin and eventually all the result of a nuclear probe. Gender-based violence in whatever form is often the result of an immoral lifestyle or family breakdown and then plays alcohol abuse course a very important role. All these violations of God's law still deeper back into a great sin. Sin to God as God to recognize and thank it. But take time and read quietly again from Romans 1 verse 18 onwards.
From the history of Israel, it is clear that sin angers God and that He punish the kind of misery that afflict our societies. These include poverty on a broad spectrum of violence against women, leading unemployment, neglect of elderly selena gomez oscars ... to disruption in almost every area of life.
The church will be clear to the nominal Christianity of this land should selena gomez oscars be told that repentance toward God, the first emergency and need. Programs of awareness and mobilization to social responsibility (marches and advertising) surely has a place, selena gomez oscars but is doomed to failure as the root cause, namely, man's evil heart far from God, not by the gospel liable. The gospel (good news) of God's work through Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, and not simply moralism, selena gomez oscars will clearly proclaim to be associated with the requirement of faith and repentance. The gospel makes sense only (as the Romans letter selena gomez oscars indicates) against the backdrop of God's wrath against all unrighteousness. Sin, salvation and gratitude (Heidelberg Catechism) is indeed the biblical message! selena gomez oscars More than ever we have broken samelwing behoefe to the truth.
THE LOSS OF THE MORAL MAP: The society we live in the biblical message of grace twisted and used it as an excuse for all sorts of debauchery. It against Jude 4 warns is common practice. "They abuse the grace of our God. They use it as a pretext to wild living ... "So many people (even those in the church) cares not only to God's standards for sexuality, marriage selena gomez oscars and family orders it. Cohabitation relationships (keeping a "sweet girl" or a "concubine") among all population groups have become acceptable, so much so that the church became afraid to addressing it. (And if you have a winning model or celebrity sportsman has become, it seems even more appealing!) Women's value is deliberately degraded to sex objects in the media, selena gomez oscars but we "Christians" still look to these TV shows, buy another still these magazines and their daughters learn from a young age that it is all right for your body to showcase as an object of lust. (Really? Well, then why do parents allow their scantily selena gomez oscars clad girls and provocative selena gomez oscars greeted with wolf whistles on our beaches and beauty contests) People who ignore God's instructions, but with him complaining o