Some of you, so tragically few, who are awake know that from school shootings to the sex slave trade, from cutting to abortions, (our two generations have had millions murdered, they could have been our best friends, we’ll never know), from beheadings to narcissism beyond apathy, porn- the biggest industry it’s ever been, homosexual marriages to the transgender movement, definitions being rewritten, and the Church’s voice getting drowned out with shouts of “Bigot!”, many are lost in the noise.

A mindset is growing that religion is the cause of all hate. It’s just like Satan to want the only source of love and salvation, the only hope for any of us, to be discarded as something evil. And yet, Jesus continues to love. He still walks on top of the waves and through any prison doors. He still rescues the drowning and sets the captives free. But what if an entire generation commits the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? Are they all damned with no hope of rescue? Do we write them off salvifically with thoughts so akin to Hezekiah’s, “At least we know we’re safe.” It is so easy to write people off, or is it? Or even worse, do we ignore the obvious and pretend everyone is fine?

Love itself suffers at our inaction, they don’t know its power. So much greater than tolerance, love has always been about sacrifice. Tolerance rescues no one but lets them suffer as we tolerate their agony. They redefine love from the perspective of abused children making what would actually save them into poison and poison into life preservers. Sacrifice makes us turn our boats back to the sinking Titanic. Sacrifice means we may not make it, and others less deserving of this life do. Were any of us any better when Jesus gave His life for us? Were any of us deserving His sacrifice? He thought so.

So what? Well, they learned apathy from someone. They want to live as if they are entitled to an easy life, but as violence escalates and atrocities abound, the only thing we are entitled to is breaking out all around us. Doing nothing is tantamount to the actions of the vilest tyrant in these final days. Let us join together and give a better picture, a better definition of the love that Jesus came to give. One that isn’t divisive, competitive, and self-destructive. John 17:20-23 is so radical and prophetically amazing.

In the words of Bonnie Rait, “Let’s give them something to talk about.”