WORKING WITH JELL-O
By Tom Wacaster
Senator John Boehner used this analogy some months
back when referring to attempts to "negotiate" with the
President and his staff in matters concerning the
economy, taxes, and balancing the budget. More precisely
the Speaker of the House pointed out, "Dealing with them
the last couple months has been like dealing with Jell-o,"
Boehner said. "Some days it's firmer than others.
Sometimes it's like they've left it out over night." I have
been preaching for almost four decades now, and I can
attest to the frustration that comes with trying to reason
with folks in a logical, analytical manner. Some folks
simply cannot be taught; not because they are incapable
of receiving the facts, but because they have become so
close-minded that the truth cannot penetrate their thick
skull. Pride and selfishness play an important role in
hardening the heart and closing the mind to truth. It is
even possible for a person to so harden his heart that he
no longer loves the truth (2 Thess. 2:10). When a man
reaches that point in his life, "God sendeth them a working
of error, that they should believe a lie: that they all might
be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness" (2 Thess. 2:11-12). Frankly, that
frightens me! (read more)