Be Intolerant

Mar 20, 2008 - comments: 1

Accepting everything means you believe in nothing. When it come to right and wrong, sitting on the fence won’t get you-or the people you love-anywhere. Passiveness is not love. Love is getting in people’s face and telling them the truth.

Today, we have author and speaker, Ryan Dobson with us to tell us how we can explain God’s establishment of absolutes to a world desperate to know truths.

Ryan Dobson has a passion for young people and the society they are growing up in. As an expert in youth culture, his hands-on knowledge and speaking experience has propelled him to the forefront of today’s young generation.

Ryan says, “In our culture, tolerance is king. We don’t want anybody to feel bad about themselves. Everybody gets to do whatever they want, and we’re cool with it so long as it doesn’t hurt anybody else. And we get to do the same; it’s nobody’s business but our own. There is only one problem with this type of thinking; eventually someone will hurt someone else. Hitler did what he wanted and millions of innocent people were slaughtered. Tolerance is the virtue of those who believe in nothing. Rather than stand up for what is right or wrong, the voice of tolerance says we should just let everybody be, that we’ll better understand each other and other beliefs and cultures if we accept them as they are. Even if we believe in Biblical Christianity, how many of us find ourselves in uncomfortable situations-drinking or drug parties, say-where you keep quiet because you don’t want to offend anyone? Do your friends, even the ones in your church youth group, walk around saying or wearing things that seem to contradict biblical morality? Is your youth pastor considered a cool guy because he’s tolerant and accepting of this kind of stuff?” – pg. 13

topic(s): Faith, Bible, Family, Addictions, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity

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1 On Apr 26th, 2008, at 11:46am, D.J. Fehr wrote:

I thank God for the frankness in which Ryan speaks Truth!!  Keep it up young man and don’t let anything turn you aside.
David

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