I mentioned 2 weeks ago that our family was shopping in Concord, NC. It is a suburb of Charlotte and where the Lowes Motor Speedway is located. There was a group of people on the street corner that had a huge sound-system and they were yelling at people driving by "Abortion is Murder" and they had the Ten Commandments posted as large as an cargo van. They were wearing the following shirts that MMI pointed out today on their blog. The group is Operation Rescue. Philip L. (Flip) Benham is their director. I don't for a minute think they don't mean well. I think they truly want to see our nation turn to Christ. I believe they want to save unborn babies! I just don't see Jesus wearing a shirt like this! I don't see Jesus yelling at people as they enter Discovery Mills Mall. I don't see Jesus condemning people! I see Jesus loving them. I see Jesus telling them to go and sin no more. I see Jesus hangingout with the homosexual, the Islamic person and the woman who has had an abortion. That is the Jesus I serve. I think t-shirts and protests like the one I saw do more harm to the Kingdom of God. Those of us who try each day to build relationships with people in the "gutter" realize they are going to live like lost people. Their lives will be messy! They will do things that Christ Followers will not like or approve of. But does that excuse us from loving them? Jesus displayed love for everyone including the Pharisees. So must I!