The Real Enemy
I was reading in the paper today about the latest Baghdad bombings. Seems that the people of Iraq really didn't learn anything from all that's been going on in their country the last year. Sure, I hear you when you say it's just a few "extremists" that are bombing stuff. But I don't think that's entirely accurate.
I was talking with a good friend about this the other day. We're not fighting an army over there. We're fighting a religion, namely Islam. That's the root of all these problems. The war in Iraq is a spiritual war, and as long as there are Muslims, there will be bombings. History shows that Islam is a religion that was born and raised in bloodshed, and that legacy is being born out in the streets of Baghdad day by day. It's not going to stop, either. Not until the final day when the Great Captain comes to claim his victory.
So here is why I am going to Berlin in about seven days. There's a group of reformed missionaries in the city who have been running an English camp for middle school kids. The idea is if you can just get the kids some exposure to Christians, they can watch and hopefully learn more important things than just English along the way. But anyway, our first week over there will be training, then we're going to be the English teachers for the second week. It's something I've never done, so I am very interested to see how it's all going to work out.
I was talking with a good friend about this the other day. We're not fighting an army over there. We're fighting a religion, namely Islam. That's the root of all these problems. The war in Iraq is a spiritual war, and as long as there are Muslims, there will be bombings. History shows that Islam is a religion that was born and raised in bloodshed, and that legacy is being born out in the streets of Baghdad day by day. It's not going to stop, either. Not until the final day when the Great Captain comes to claim his victory.
So here is why I am going to Berlin in about seven days. There's a group of reformed missionaries in the city who have been running an English camp for middle school kids. The idea is if you can just get the kids some exposure to Christians, they can watch and hopefully learn more important things than just English along the way. But anyway, our first week over there will be training, then we're going to be the English teachers for the second week. It's something I've never done, so I am very interested to see how it's all going to work out.
