Free At Last!
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Everett Piper Everett Piper's Blog
- Updated Jan 22, 2011
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In the inner sanctum of our hearts I believe we all intuitively
know that there is really no such thing as moral neutrality. Some ideas are
good and some are bad. Some lead to that which is right and just and real and
some ideas lead to brokenness and dysfunction.
Education, thus, is not stagnant and it definitely does represent
a journey that will take us somewhere. With our ideas, we are going in one of
two directions: Either toward the forgiveness and freedom that only God's
revelation can offer, or toward the bondage that always and inevitably results
from man's "constructions" and opinions. In this context, education represents
the path we have chosen for eternity.
Perhaps the psalmist says it best: "Teach me your ways O Lord and I will learn…to walk in your Truth." Our ways always result in slavery, treachery, and oppression. God's ways always lead to liberation and freedom: "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Ideas matter. When we get on the right train and go in
the right direction, we can celebrate and sing, "Free at last. Free at last.
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"