Letters to the editor: God did not send us to judge others, but find Him in others

By: Letters to the editor | Opelika Auburn News
Published: February 01, 2010

God did not send us to judge others, but find Him in others
Every day I thank God for Jim Evans. He is the highlight of the Opelika-Auburn News. People are always welcomed to respond and today is my turn.

He has often been characterized as a liberal. So what? Does that somehow render him incapable of being a pastor? It’s wonderful to hear another voice, one that says there is room for all in God’s Kingdom.

I am always leery of any person that espouses a viewpoint that their religion is the only one that matters. “In my house there are many mansions,” leaving me to ponder if those many rooms may be for people who might have a different point of view than my own. God did not send us to judge others, but to find Him in whatever way we can. Other views, other races and other religions are welcome by God.

Throw out your preconceived notions; try hard. Open your heart to other people and love God. If we stop arguing about the ways we are different and think about the ways God makes us the same, we might open our eyes to a different world.

Evans is constant in his beliefs, he loves God; God loves us.

Cindy Gillenwaters
Dadeville

Americans stuck behind poor government because of apathy

My rant is aimed at Alabama’s government and citizens, but it could apply to all Americans and our federal government.

Day after day I read about, and hear, people saying government should do this or that. Some of their suggestions make sense, but they expend energy like hamsters on a treadmill and go nowhere because those in power don’t seem to hear them.

They could be more productive if they assumed their rightful place as owners of their government and told their hired public servants what to do, and that if they don’t do it then they and every other constituent of that lawmaker that they can influence will work to defeat them if they ever run for office again. If enough voters do that to an office holder it will surely get their attention and they may well comply. If they don’t, follow up and work to vote them out of office. In other words stop talking the talk and walk the walk.

I rant because I’ve preached that sermon for about five years on my Web site (http://www.doctoriq.com/) but I haven’t heard a choir singing behind me and we still are stuck with the government we deserve because of our apathy and inactivity.

Don Seibold
Wetumpka