Just Imagine!
Theme of the Week: The Difference One Can Make
Sunday, July 1, 2007
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Who Said It…Richard Land
Richard Land is president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which works to keep the public informed on critical issues facing the family and the nation. He was also appointed by President Bush to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Dr. Land has also served as pastor, professor, and adviser to a former Texas governor. What He Said…Just Imagine!
What if just half of those Americans who claim to be evangelical Christians were truly to practice their faith in their local communities as responsible citizens?
Every volunteer social organization in the country seeking to meet the needs of less fortunate people would be transformed overnight. There'd be so many volunteers they'd have to be put on waiting lists.
The databases of crisis pregnancy centers and prison transition ministries and foster-care agencies would be crammed with the names and numbers of families ready to take in young women and ex-cons and children who need hospitality, practical help, and loving care. Food pantry shelves would overflow. Homebound senior citizens would never be isolated. School children would have mentors for literacy programs and reading enrichment, and adults committed to staying involved in their lives. Nursing-home residents wouldn't pass time in empty days, neglected by family and ignored by society.
Even those not influenced to accept Christ by such radical, positive changes in society would live better lives.
Adapted from Imagine! A God-Blessed America (Broadman & Holman, 2005) by permission.
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