Saturday, April 4, 2009

Federico is a Jesus Freak. Does that make you uncomfortable?


A gun to your head, you have an instant to answer the question, "Do
you believe in God?" The trigger is pulled at Columbine.
 
"Stephen, brimming with God's grace and energy, was doing wonderful
things among the people, unmistakable signs that God was among
them.... So in secret they bribed men to lie: "We heard him cursing
Moses and God.
 
That stirred up the people, the religious leaders, and religion
scholars. They grabbed Stephen and took him before the High Council.
...they found they couldn't take their eyes off him—his face was like
the face of an angel!
 
Stephen rebukes leadership: Your ancestors killed anyone who dared
talk about the coming of the Just One. And you've kept up the family
tradition—traitors and murderers, all of you....At that point they
went wild, ...Yelling and hissing, the mob drowned him out. Now in
full stampede, they dragged him out of town and pelted him with rocks.
 
As the rocks rained down, Stephen prayed, "Master Jesus, take my
life." Then he knelt down, praying loud enough for everyone to hear,
"Master, don't blame them for this sin"—his last words. Then he died.
 
Saul was right there, congratulating the killers".

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