Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Lemmy Dies At Seventy.

It is our duty, as Christians, to witness to an unregenerate world. I know nothing whatsoever about Lemmy and in my extensive and eclectic music collection, Motorhead only makes a rather trivial three appearances. Nonetheless, I grieve his death and am reminded of John Donne's 'No man is an island.' Whenever someone dies, the first question to myself is whether or not they have met our Living Saviour. If we know they have - then often, it is perfectly okay to shrug one's shoulders and state enigmatically, "Well, that's life." But if they rank amongst the vast numbers of the unsaved, then that death is an unmitigated tragedy. What is more, we must challenge ourselves by asking what we, as individuals, have done 'to witness to the nations' which is what Jesus required of us in His Great Commission.

Christian teaching in our schools.

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