Call the Sinners

Articles from January 2015 got me thinking again. Two in particular started me on a train of thoughts stretching back to the days of my youth.

First, the Renewal column, Start with Prayer.
I grew up on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland in the 1930s and 1940s. In those days, New Year’s Day was treated the same as the Sabbath; a church service in the morning and a prayer meeting in the village meeting house in the evening. Hebridean Presbyterians started their New Year asking for the guidance of God to carry them through the year according to His will.

Secondly, Can We Talk? The answer to that is, “yes,” provided we start with prayer asking for guidance, patience and leadership. God created the human race and sent His Son down to earth to save them by his blood. He sent His Son to save them all, provided they all believed in him. All including LBGT—lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender. Let us stop hiding behind the alphabet what we need to talk about. God did send His Son to save them all along with us who also are sinners. Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick: I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.