How do you answer those big questions in life—where should I live? Who should I marry? What career path should I take, or should I change jobs? John Eldredge says we have two options: we can try and figure it all alone, or, we can learn to listen to God, hear his voice, and go where he leads.
Join me this week as we welcome back John Eldredge to talk about the important topic of walking with God.
Plus the downside of the internet revolution. With shopping, dating, Facebook and MySpace, the internet has revolutionised our lives, changing the way we buy, sell, debate and relate. But what are its hidden costs? Cultural critic Lee Siegel joins us tonight to talk about hi-tech solitude and its effects.
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Hi Sheridan
My soul feels like it's grieving after hearing yesterday's segment about Bob Brown removing prayer from Parliament. This has been a move that has been talked about for years and having worked in Parliament myself I know that the arguments that politicians use to persuade the public are not the same as those used to activate an agenda.
The first problem with removing prayer from Parliament is that politicians are no longer acknowledging a higher power. A point of reflection does not do this. People can just pray to whomever or whatever false god they feel like. And the politicians remove their focus from God onto themselves.
Man is fallible: God is not. So as a starting point to the day I would much rather know that our leaders have committed themselves to God than to their own fallible pride and egotism. If nothing else, this prayer acknowledges there is more to life than politicians.
As for it being a Christian prayer and therefore "irrelevant" to other cultures, it is not a prayer to Jesus himself but recommended by Jesus to worship God, which is the same God as the God of the Jews and as I understand it of Muslims.
The third point is that concerning the heart of the individuals. If we do not have elected representatives who practise what they preach, then who have we to blame but ourselves? Why haven't Christians gone out of their way to vote in Christian representatives who mean every word of what they say? When the righteous are in power, the people rejoice - but when the evil govern, we mourn. Our failure to support Christian representatives does not mean we should do away with the prayer that all our representatives should be praying - and meaning. We should be actively pursuing Christian replacements for these politicians; people who mean what they pray. And if they mean what they pray, we are more likely to be able to believe they will fulfil their promises to us. If they can't mean the prayer they pray at the beginning of Parliament each day, then how can we trust them with the decisions in life that affect us all?
Posted by Katie | November 2, 2008 10:07 PM
Posted on November 2, 2008 22:07