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Some highlights from tonights video iChat with Matt McGill...

Treetops

guns are to killing what the internet is to communication...

guns are the easiest and most effective tool to kill someone...
the internet is the easiest and most effective tool to communicate...

guns didn't invent killing.
the internet didn't invent communication.

...it was an improvement.


so if it is elimination you are looking for, you can't just cut the top off a tree that has been growing for thousands of years.

people have been killing each other since the beginning of the world. The third person that ever lived killed the fourth.

people have been communicating without the internet since the beginning of the world also.

but people don't kill people because it is easy. people don't kill people because guns are so effective.

friends don't talk to their friends because it is easy now. friends don't communicate with their friends merely because the internet is so effective.

people kill people because they want to.
friends communicate with friends because they want to.

it's always been that way...and it always will.

A fight against guns isn't a fight against war...it's just a fight against convenience

If my laptop broke in half right now it wouldn't end all my friendships.

If our desire is to be part of a cause that feels right and feels good, then seeking to eliminate guns is right on track.

If our desire is for real change, then the solution must address the real root of the problem: the evil human nature.

Satan would love nothing more than for God's people to stand on a street corner protesting against pieces of metal, while the hearts filled with hate sit desperately waiting for the truth of love.

Punching a hole in the wall makes you feel good when you are angry, but it most likely has nothing to do with what you are angry towards, and makes no progress in fixing your problem.

God has called us to be good stewards of our lives. This goes far beyond money. It includes our thoughts, our time, and therefore every area of our lives.

Christians who use the time God has given them to stand on street corners protesting against guns...
Christians who fill the mind God has given them with thoughts of anger towards those who support wars and weapons...
Christians whose finances are used towards the fight against guns...

Are not being good stewards of what they have been given.

"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.' His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'" -Matthew 25:19-21

The problem is simply this: God has called us to go after the hearts of the lost and the hurting. We are to to attack evil at its core. We are to do this with love.

The anti-gun movements...along with many other culturally relevant movements...should make no sense to Christians because we know the truth of human nature, God's calling, and the inevitable fate of the world.

These movements simply chop the tops off of trees that have been growing for thousands of years.

and while humans continually attack them where it feels right...the evil roots will continue to expand underneath the surface.

We are called to something higher. 

We are called to love. 

That is to be our greatest aim. 

Love should be the goal of our thoughts, our money and our time. 

Anything else is just chopping off treetops. 

There were one million people murdered in Rwanda in 100 days... 

      ...with machetes

                         ...in 1994