What is this "wrath of god"?

Everyone, Christians and non-Christians, shout glory to the love of God. But we must be reminded that the love and mercy that he gives us is accompanied by his Holy anger. It is revealed from heaven. Heaven is not ashamed of the wrath of God, but rather puts it on display, throughout Scripture, as one of His many and beautiful attributes. If heaven is not embarrassed of God's anger against ungodliness, why would we be? Why is it so easy to idly sit by as we openly commit sin and write it off as "one of the little ones". The further declaration is made that God's wrath is against, not just some wickedness, but all ungodliness and unrighteousness. There is no such thing, then, as a little sin - a sin that goes unnoticed and without offense to God. Every sin is an offense to the holiness, the thorough goodness, of God. We try to ignore the transgressions of our friends and family in fear of displaying our own sin. We even call out others short comings to hide where we have fallen. This truth is conveniently avoided because of our skewed sense of right and wrong. Very few flee for refuge in the mercy and love of this same wrathful God. They see God's punishment of their sins in Christ, on the cross, to be their shelter from the wrath they deserve. Zeph 2:3 (NIV) "Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger."

My goodness its been a while. Been a little busy......Have you heard? Bedford is PREGNANT!!!! Come and help raise the baby. Can't wait for the birth!

Troy Davis

Greetings all!! Welcome to the very first BTC blog site (for me anyway). So many things to say and now what better place to share it.
I was somewhat at odds in terms of what to blog about for the VERY FIRST.....So I decided to start with the most recent news that appeared to be, at least to me, globally distressing. The Troy Davis case called into question our morals, ethics, and where we stand exactly in terms of racism as Americans. Troy Anthony Davis was an African American man convicted of and executed for the August 19, 1989, murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia. While no physical evidence has been recovered, several individuals claimed to have been witnesses to the alleged murder. Simply on the strength of these testimonies Davis was found guilty on August 28th, 1991 of murder along with other offenses. As if the lack of evidence wasn't enough to send the globe into frenzy, several of the "irrefutable" testimonies that condemned this man to death, were either destroyed during cross examination or completely inadmissible due to the fact that most of it was "forced on [the witnesses] by the police". This horrible distortion of justice did nothing short of rallying thousands of "Troy soldiers" as I like to call them across the nation. People of all walks of life felt threatened by the injustice our "great" legal system dealt Mr. Davis; a Black man accused of killing a White officer. All those who sat up with CNN until they announced his death were dealt a devastating blow, which left us all to wonder, what kind of world are we living in when we are truly guilty until proven innocent? The youth of America are being brought up in a society where we can't even rely on our legal system to discern right from wrong. As Christians we can only pray that out of his death, much of us sleeping Americans will wake up to the monstrosity that is in control of our nation..... "To what land has the stain of lethargy been of benefit? Only those prepared to raise their voice against oppression will prevail." - unknown