[trebb]

Christ calls us to be ready to sacrifice things that might otherwise be rightfully ours, for some other purpose of His. One big problem with liberalism as we know it in the west is that it is usually chintzy about being liberal with its own resources, and big about trying to coerce others into being liberal with theirs. Salvation is about blessings, not about curses. And blessings are voluntary.

I absolutely agree. One Biblical truism that the Liberals seem to wish to ignore is "If a man will not work, he should not eat". I am wiling to feed those that cannot feed themselves, but it torques me to be forced to pay for those who simply will not feed themselves. That causes another Christian conflict - I would stop feeding the lazy and Jesus told us to "Resist not a evil person" and also added that when a man takes our shirt, give him our coat too. Obedience to the Lord is difficult - especially when one is interested in politics, the Constitution, and Freedom.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Some of the Lord’s dictums seem to be in the sense of proverbs. I.e. it doesn’t mean every single solitary time; it means that there is a propitious time to do it.