FUTURE
Most of us have been raised remembering the holocaust during and surrounding World War II. A parishioner of my church was on location when Allied troops liberated a German concentration camp. As an information officer, he had his own personal collection of horrific survivor photographs. The images of starving prisoners still affects my memory.
Life is good in the United States and the communication industry provides more information than most people care to disseminate. It is easy to be lulled into the attitude that the holocaust is part of the dust bin of history, never to raise its ugly head again. When we hear words that dehumanize groups of people, we might say, “That is bad but it could never be a threat to the existence of those who are demeaned.” Did you know?
Today the following are experiencing ethnic cleansing:
- Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar t by the Buddhist majority
- The Nuer in south Sudan by the Dinka majority
- Christians and Yazidis in Iraq and Syria
- Christians by the Muslim majority in the Central African Republic
- Darfuris in Sudan by Arab militias
The generational renewal of our Christian faith is a requirement for a healthy future.
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage—in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor. Exodus 1: 8-14
Have you shared your faith today?
Life is good in the United States and the communication industry provides more information than most people care to disseminate. It is easy to be lulled into the attitude that the holocaust is part of the dust bin of history, never to raise its ugly head again. When we hear words that dehumanize groups of people, we might say, “That is bad but it could never be a threat to the existence of those who are demeaned.” Did you know?
Today the following are experiencing ethnic cleansing:
- Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar t by the Buddhist majority
- The Nuer in south Sudan by the Dinka majority
- Christians and Yazidis in Iraq and Syria
- Christians by the Muslim majority in the Central African Republic
- Darfuris in Sudan by Arab militias
The generational renewal of our Christian faith is a requirement for a healthy future.
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage—in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor. Exodus 1: 8-14
Have you shared your faith today?
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