Sarah Jo Austin

"Christians" Preaching a God of Hate? Hmm…

September 11th, 2007

I need to keep this post short tonight because I have a crapload to do before I go to bed, but some like-minded friends of ours told us about this video on YouTube. Dubbed “The Most Hated Family in America,” they picket soldier’s funerals and condemn pretty much everyone; furthermore, they preach that God hates both America and you.

I watched the first two (there are seven or eight), and I’m sharing the first with you. I am actually sad to share this because I don’t want to acknowledge that people who call themselves Christians actually behave like this. I could give you an outline of verses (in context) that argue where they are wrong, but I hope any real Christ-follower can see through their lies without a dissertation from me.

Let’s just leave it at this: As real Christ-followers, we must be extra deliberate to LOVE people and then speak truth into their lives when the time is right.

P.S. At a family reunion this summer, I learned that one of my dad’s cousins and her husband are a part of veterans biker group. Whenever there’s a soldier’s funeral in the Kansas City area, they get on their hogs and “guard” the funeral. I’m guessing that they’re guarding some of the same funerals these people are picketing.

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