Thoughts

Covenant College is having its annual Neal Conference this week and the speaker is the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Uganda, His Grace Henry Luke Orombi. His first message was in chapel today and I'm very excited to here the rest of his talks. I just want to mention a few things that he said.
He mentioned that Africa was once called the Dark Continent becuase its people had never heard of Jesus. Now, he says, this name belongs to North America whose people have forgotten about Jesus.
He also said that he once thought that their were only demons and evil spirits in Africa. He now sees that they are just as prevelalent here. The difference is that in Africa the devil works in visible ways but here it is disguised.

I also want to mention something partially unrelated. As I was reading through James I came across the passage in 4:4 "Do you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself and enemy of God." What is the world? Would that not be most movies we see? Many video games we play? Some music we listen to? Idolizing sports teams? Might particiating in these things be friendship with the world? Would we then be alienating ourselves from God? Maybe we have to make sacrifices for God. Thats something we're certainly no used to. But didn't Jesus say that if we served him we would suffer persecution. Maybe this is our persecution. Its kind of light, don't you think, compared to what our fellow brothers and sisters undergo in China and other countries.