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| There are no easy answers. I think that as Christians we need to try to look at these issues like Jesus would. Workers need to be treated fairly and equally. We need to make our buying decisions based on social justice issues, not status and popularity. Another aspect of globalization is the change in transportation over the last hundred years. A hundred years ago we were just beginning to understand and discover the combustion engine and how it worked. Today the average American home has two cars, and many teens have a car. Air travel makes visiting another part of the world as common as traveling to another part of the country was a hundred years ago. I believe that God wants us to take advantage of this new age of transportation and be disciples and fulfill the Great Commission to take the Gospel to “the ends of the earth.” Air travel enables us not only to take the Good News to people around the world, but it also helps us to have cross cultural experiences. This aspect of transportation is very positive. I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to go to another country to gain a new and broader perspective on the world. Many times we will discover that the Christians in other parts of the world have much to teach us about trusting God. The other side of the transportation issue is pollution. In my opinion, there are entirely too many cars on the road with just one person in them. Whatever happened to car-pooling? And why do so many people think they need an SUV? Again, materialism, advertising, and “keeping up with the Jones’” are dictating what we buy. Globalization affects about 95% of the population on this earth in one way or another. As Christians in North America, we need to look at how globalization affects us, the rest of the world, and ultimately look to Jesus as an example of how to live our lives in an ever-changing world. Continued... |
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