Robinson Rambles

      In the past 24 hours, I've heard 2 testimonies of faith. One of homosexual gossip columnist Perez Hilton, who shared of an encounter with God during a hospital stay, the other a theologian who shared how his formerly promiscuous wife was radically transformed by God's grace. Guess which one Christians on the internet decided to ridicule? Hint: not Perez.  Despite being baffled by these reactions or lack thereof, it raises an interesting question about what purpose one's personal testimony serves and how we can tell whether one's testimony indicates whether the person has truly understood the Gospel message. The negative reaction to one makes me understand why some are reluctant to share testimonies or even struggles with other believers for fear of ridicule. I honestly expected more pushback towards Perez. No one is perfect until heaven and we shouldn't have too high of expectations regarding who our children marry or what someone's conversion will be like...

    A few weeks ago I came across a post from a comic book artist that I follow which depicted Batman putting an ICE agent in an arm bar. Later, he deleted and then reposted the same image featuring the caption, "I was born to fight your brand of order!" This line was originally spoken by Batman in the Batman: the Animated Series episode, "Lock-Up". The character of Lock-Up is a vigilante of sorts that was created for the show. This character takes ordinary Gotham citizens and leaders that he deems guilty (such as police, news reporters and the mayor) and imprisons them in his personal, private prison. It is implied that Lock-Up is right-wing politically. Thus, it seems like an accurate comparison since ICE agents are also aligned with the right and they seem to unjustly going after people. But is that really what is happening?   In the episode, Lyle Bolton alias Lock-Up goes on a rampage and goes after people he personally deems guilty without any trial. In reality...