Journey of Faith

I have to admit that this post has been a long time coming, but with the Supreme Court ruling that happened yesterday, I decided there was no better time to post it than now. If you haven't heard by now (you must live under a rock), the Supreme Court has now legalized gay marriage for all 50 states. And thanks to that, yesterday was a day that I wished I didn't have social media, due to everyone suddenly becoming a self-proclaimed expert on all topics of the law. Let me start with this disclaimer: if you are one of those people who posted the verse in Leviticus on homosexuality being wrong, you are all but asking for someone to comment a verse from that same book about not being allowed to eat pork or shave your beard. Come on now people, Jesus saved us from the old Law. Now, don't think I'm here to argue whether or not gay marriage is wrong or right. There are about 10,000 people arguing that, so I just find it unnecessary. So with that, comes my point. There are s...

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." -Acts 1:8 Ah, there it is. A verse that we have heard a thousand times in our lives. Surely, I'm about to be writing a post on missions, right? Not exactly. While missions is a topic that is very near and dear to my heart, it's not going to be my focus in this post. In fact, I'm going to camp out on three words: "Witnesses in...Samaria." Now, that may not seem like a big focus point with you, so bear with me while I paint you this pictures. Back in Jesus' day, Samaritans were essentially second class citizens in comparison to the high class Jews. Picture America back in the days of segregation and you've got a pretty decent idea. Jews would go completely out of their way to bypass Samaria on a journey, simply to avoid getting the same dust on their feet that had touched a Sam...