Pete's Contradiction

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 1 Peter 3:15-16

Explanation time for the apparent contradiction? Nope! Today we have the Jesus Rules Party on one side and the party For Pete's Sake on the other. In place of asking for an explanation from Peter, seeking wisdom from Jesus in prayer, or knocking on Paul's door to get some teaching, the two parties have squared off on social media. One might expect that with such rapid communication available to them, the two parties would seek further understanding of one another. But no! They like holding opposing positions. The Jesus Rules party is no longer interested in following Jesus nearly so much as they are in ruling. The election of Peter to First Pope has inflamed the For Pete's Sake party to new levels of political rhetoric. With this latest writing the Jesus Rules party is certain beyond any reason that the so-called First Pope should be excommunicated forthwith!

That all sounds so ridiculous, dear Bucky. Why didn't you just try to explain the apparent contradiction? You might ask.

Yes it does, but you can also see how I simply took events from the past few years and stirred them into a rough story that never happened. Sadly, our current story has become inflamed to the point of murder. And commentary on the murder has become a sort of backlash culture that has organizations terminating jobs left and right...uh, oops, sorry about that. (Left and right pun, good grief, the guy never stops!) However, the nation whose constitution guarantees freedom of speech is once again perilously close to ending that right, and not so long after a thing called cancel culture threatened it so severely.

Prayer for our nation is in order!

Bucky