The Way Matt Sees It

This world needs a solution.   Everyone knows it.   But no one agrees on what that solution is. One week ago (Saturday, 03/25/18), thousands across New Jersey and millions across the nation rallied together for the end of gun violence this past Saturday.   Inspired by the tragic events that happened in Florida just weeks ago, they pushed for our state to make NJ gun laws, which are among the toughest in the country, even tougher in an effort to end school gun violence once and for all.   Two days later, hundreds of gun rights activists held a demonstration of their own in NJ’s capital.   They argued that it’s not guns, but there are other things that contribute to gun violence.  This world needs a solution, but we can’t agree on what that solution is.   The thing is, this isn’t a new idea.   People have gathered together for change because they recognized that our world is broken all throughout history. Take the Civil Rig...

“I have decided to stick with love.  Hate is too great a burden to bear.”   –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. More people are rejoicing the death of Fred Phelps then there are people mourning it.   He was a man full of hatred who was intentional about letting people know.   Not only that, but he seemingly believed that God shared his sentiment. Was Fred Phelps wrong in what he taught?   Was there any truth in what he preached?   And how should we respond? THE GOD WHO HATES How can God hate anything?   Doesn’t God love everyone?   How could Fred Phelps and his church be so adamant about something that isn’t even in the Bible?  Well in a way, they are right by saying that God hates. God hates sin. God also loves people. What I believe Fred Phelps failed to do, and what American culture in general is unable to do, is separate sin from people .   Although it is true that God hates sin , sin is not the person. ...