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Recently a mate said that I seemed angry while I was preaching. A lot does make me angry but I also know how shallow I am. Angry and Shallow sums me up in a lot of ways. So as an angry and shallow man I will be making weekly (or maybe more often) comments on things I think we need to face and that I want to say. I also want to hear what you think about them.

The APEC summit in Sydney Australia amazes me for a number of reasons. One is that it is costing the Aussies more than 350 million dollars, protests are banned, traffic in areas is banned and the American Secret Service are granted a special exemption to carry arms. At the same time the Indigenous people are still waiting basic justice, there are hospital waiting lists due to lack of funds, poor housing for some and the list goes on.

We are quick to spend money on the rich and powerful defending them and looking after them while not extending the same to the poor, disenfranchised and lonely.

Jesus said that as much as we to the least we do to Him and Paul says it is sin to honour the rich at the expense of the poor. This what we are doing in Sydney. I would contend that what we are doing there is just an extreme example of what we do daily in our societies.....and yes in our churches.

Its wrong. Its got to stop. We have to stop being complicit with our silence......especially in our churches.

This entry was posted by Angry and Shallow, on Thursday, September 06, 2007. You can leave your response.

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  1. Blogger Isaiah Says:
    9:20 am  

    So true. There's a book from Gospel for Asia called "Revolution in World Missions". The one thing that hit me about it was a comment on how western churches spend their money. Building new gyms, facilities, spending money on almost endless supply of materials.... yet there are people in the world who are dying. A statistic that rounds out to one child every fifteen seconds, all this from preventable cause. Not only is this true, but there are millions who have never heard the word of christ. Shouldn't we support missions to them instead.

  2. Anonymous Anonymous Says:
    10:06 pm  

    What is wrong with renting a hall for church? Like we did in the good old days? Just think how many people we could bless, feed, clothe, give medical assistance to etc with the money that at present is sunk into elaborate buildings for us to worship in. I am sure that Jesus is more comfortable in a shabby hall with people who love him than in a beautiful building.

  3. Blogger Angry and Shallow Says:
    4:24 pm  

    Isaiah.....I agree

    Faye.....I agree

    How do we get more agreesing and acting on it?
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