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know God coach huddle for May 22, 2025 · knowGodcoach huddle

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  Hello. Welcome to the No God Coach
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  Huddle for May 22nd, 2025. Your
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  two-minute play of the day for applying
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  God's word in your life. So, let's
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  huddle up and hear today's play from
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  Luke 6, which says, "Blessed are you
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  when people hate you, when they exclude
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  you and insult you and reject your name
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  as evil because of the Son of Man.
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  Rejoice in that day and leap for joy
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  because great is your reward in heaven.
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  For that is how the ancestors treated
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  the prophets." But woe to you who are
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  rich, for you have already received your
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  comfort. Woe to you who are well-fed
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  now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you
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  who laugh now, for you will mourn and
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  weep. Woe to you when everyone speaks
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  well of you, for that is how their
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  ancestors treated the false
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  prophets. What do you think of President
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  Trump? He is indeed a polarizing figure.
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  And why is that? Some hate his policies,
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  but most chaff at his rhetoric. It's the
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  way he says things that bothers so many,
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  even among those who agree with his
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  policies. His character, too, is a
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  source of contention among many. What
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  does this have to do with our reading
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  today? Thinking of Donald and his
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  disregard for the opinions of the media
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  is how Christians should think of the
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  criticisms of others as it relates to
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  our faith. We should not attack our
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  critics the way the president attacks
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  some in the media. We should also stop
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  cowering before the critical opinion of
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  the pagans in our society. Jesus was
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  constantly in controversy with the
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  religious leaders who denied his claims
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  of being Messiah. They were aggressively
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  antagonistic toward Jesus and his
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  ministry. But that didn't deter Jesus.
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  The Christian must likewise be
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  undeterred in sharing Jesus with people
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  and insisting upon his righteous ways in
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  society. Christians should be
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  unapologetically pro-life, pro- marriage
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  between one man and one woman, pro-
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  advocates of two separate but equal
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  genders, male and female only, and other
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  biblical values that the pagans despise.
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  The gospel is controversial. God's ways
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  cause us to chaff when we want to do,
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  feel, speak, or believe something else.
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  Like the president, Jesus invites us to
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  welcome the persecution of the pagans
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  and warns us against trying to please
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  them by becoming like them. Unlike the
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  president, Jesus commands us to pray for
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  those who persecute us, to do good to
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  those who hate us, and to forgive those
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  who harm us, just as God forgives us for
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  all our sins. The president is a good
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  example of what it means to stand up and
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  stand out for what he believes is true,
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  regardless of the opinion of others.
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  While Christians should stand up and
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  stand out far differently than the
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  president, they must do so if they want
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  to show themselves to be loyal and
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  faithful to Jesus, who requires such
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  behavior from his disciples.