Michael Vick's problems cannot be solved by money, although he may find that he can hire good lawyers to keep him out of jail. His problems are also not caused by money. But at the root of his problems surely is the trust in money.
Pastor Tom does well to point to this problem, since the Bible cannot be ignored on the topic of money. This coming Sunday's Gospel reading is from Luke 12, where Jesus tells the story of a man who builds more barns to hold his "stuff" but dies before he can "enjoy" it. I will be preaching on that this week, so Michael Vick, as well as the whole culture of sports that at times boils down to worshiping our heroes with our money will be on my heart and mind as I prepare.
Blog you later,
Pastor Ian
This blog is a direct response to Pastor Tom's Engaging Your World (Click on the title of my post to read his post for that day) I do this not to be contrary or reactionary, but simply to demonstrate that conservatives do not have an exclusive claim on Christian proclamation. When I want to raise an issue instead of responding to Pastor Tom, I do so at my other blog, Culture Dove
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