Otherwise the sacrifice doesn't work as well as you expected. Then you'll end up killing somebody or something ~ which is the way the story went the first time.
Posted on 12/07/2008 5:21:03 PM PST by AT7Saluki
With sport-utility vehicles at the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry.
"We have never seen as midnight an hour as we face this week," the Rev. Charles Ellis told several thousand congregants at a rousing service at Detroit's Greater Grace Temple. "This week, lives are hanging above an abyss of uncertainty as both houses of Congress decide whether to extend a helping hand."
Local car dealerships donated three hybrid SUVs to be displayed during the service, one from each of the Big Three. A Ford Escape, Chevy Tahoe from GM and a Chrysler Aspen were parked just in front of the choir and behind the pulpit.
Ellis said he and other Detroit ministers would pray and fast until Congress voted on a bailout for Detroit's embattled automakers. He urged his congregation to do the same.
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Perhaps we should excuse these people for taking the Lord’s name in vain. Or should they be praying for billions of our dollars to fund their bankrupt business for a few more months, at the expense of us and our children? Remember, it’s only charity if the giver gives voluntarily. This is extortion.
O God of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide;
Take not Thy thunder from us, but take away our pride.
From all that terror teaches, from lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches that comfort cruel men;
From sale and profanation of honor and the sword;
From sleep and from damnation, deliver us, good Lord!
Tie in a living tether, the prince and priest and thrall;
Bind all our lives together, smite us and save us all;
In ire and exultation aflame with faith and free,
Lift up a living nation, a single sword to Thee.
They should be praying for God’s will and His provision, not tell God what to do and how to do it. Chee...
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Otherwise the sacrifice doesn't work as well as you expected. Then you'll end up killing somebody or something ~ which is the way the story went the first time.
The Tenth Commandment did come to mind.
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's
Yes, the vehicles should be an Escalade, Navigator and Grand Cherokee.
If one is going to worship idols, I say go big!
Loan, not a handout...L-O-A-N. If you want to talk handouts see home mortgages and financial institutions.
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