Chick-fil-A

All of a sudden, biting into a fried chicken sandwich has
become a political statement.

Most Americans know that the war with Chick-fil-A is because they, as a company, have voiced their belief that marriage is between a man and a women, not any other way.  Thereby endorsing God's description of what marriage is meant to be.

The issue of Chick-fil-A is not an issue of homosexuality as purely pertaining to that issue, it is about marriage and how it is defined. Chick-fil-A does not descriminate against homosexuality in the work place. They have no policy that I am aware of that includes sexual preference or descriminating against those individuals who choose that lifestyle.  Chick has simply endorsed heterosexual marriage as defined by God.

They have a right to do that and to say that.  We have a country of presumably free speech. And that free speech is allowed to be excercised even if it is against what someone else believes. If anti-heterosexual groups, homosexuals or anyone else that differs, it is their right to do so and to even do it with passion for their cause and visa-versa. But in demanding Chick their right to declare their beliefs it is depriving Chick of their right to free speech.  If they also choose to hinder Chick in building restaraunts, they are discriminating against that restaraunt, and that is a very dangerous situation that the courts should look into.  When the Henson company took the muppet toys from Chick to give support to GLAAD (an openly pro-homosexual organization) Chick didn't scream of an outrageous injustice, they handled that issue with total class and moved on.  But you can't teach class. Upstanding organizations that exist for the cause of values have upstanding well-bred and well-formed values. There is a certain good professionalism that comes with righteous conduct and belief.  You can never expect that from organizations that exist from a cause rooted in rebellion. Their core is wrong and every thing built on that core reflects rebellious and underhanded practices.

On Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 people all over the country are going to Chick-Fil-A to buy lunch, dinner or whatever, to show support for their business and their Godly stand for traditional marriage.  I want to urge you to take part in that event.  There is a Chick in the Westmoreland Mall, one is located at Rt 30 Greengate by JoAnn Fabric and there is one  in Greensburg also on Rt 30 across from Olive Garden. This is one of the few times in life where you can make a statement just by buying lunch.....and don't forget the milkshakes!! (yummm)

Fishy Hearts

Jesus often used fish or fishing-type analogies to help Him make a point in His stories.   We see Him using bread and fish when He is feeding 5,000 hungry listeners.  Jesus picked many of His disciples from the fishing profession.  And one of His most notable quotations is that He will make His personally recruited evangelists ‘fishers of men.’  With that in mind I want to use another fishing analogy as I relate to a man’s heart.

I suppose that most of us have some experience with a heart in one way or another.  We have all probably seen someone with a broken heart, and I don’t think we would have to look very long to experience someone with a heart that was hard, and most of us have experienced the joy of a loving heart. There are compassionate hearts, open hearts, wounded hearts, happy hearts, etc. Pastors mend hearts, mentors shape hearts, doctors put stints in hearts, moms tug at hearts and on Valentines Day we pass around hearts. But when you think of a heart in relation to Jesus and what His purpose on Calvary was, it was for hearts; the hearts of men.

In terms of salvation, a heart can be a very difficult thing. When Jesus told His disciples that they would be fishers of men, He meant that those disciples were going to become spiritual heart surgeons. They would preach and teach and change men’s hearts - from sinner to a saint.

Did you ever try to change a heart?  It is not an easy thing. A heart can be very slippery like a fish. Just when you think you are about to pull it out of the water, it slips through your fingers and right back into the stream. It is a very hard thing to win a heart.  You could take a kid in Sunday school and spend many hours of study and never win his heart for Christ.  You could take one child and then another and another and then another and many more on top of that and maybe once in a while you could win a child’s heart to the Lord. It is a very difficult thing to win a heart to Christ. ?You know who is good at winning hearts?.....The world! Yes, they are excellent at winning hearts……Just do something and allow their applause to fill your ears and watch how quickly a heart is won….

Take a man to a gambling table and give him a couple bucks to get him started and watch how easy gambling wins his heart.

Just flatter a person with some good old fashioned sweet talk and see how quickly a good old boy will have you eating out of his hands. If that guy sat down beside you in the park you would get up and move or call the cops but out of his mouth comes some good old fashioned candy-coated compliments and all of a sudden, he‘s not a bad guy at all he’s got you buying a beachfront property in Arizona. I am telling ya, the world knows how to win a heart.

But let’s be serious for a minute. When it comes to Jesus’ kingdom, hearts are a slippery subject - only God can win a heart for His Kingdom.  That is why we need to pray.