Alabama's Governor missed Christ's Point

"And God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son." - John 3:16

John 3:16 is the foundation of Christian faith.  We believe that God chose to sacrifice his son to redeem the world from sin in the greatest example of selfless love in human history.  It does not say, "For God so loved the righteous" or "For God so loved his followers" or "For God so loved the Christians," or Jews or any specific group.  He loved the world.  EVERYONE.  The problem with Christians like this is that they fall victim to the human propensity to puff themselves full of pride and form a clique of like minded people.  They shut everyone else out and talk about how great it is to be saved.  If that's how you practice Christianity then you completely missed the point.

Accepting Christ into your life not only means you acknowledge that he is Lord, your father and your personal Savior, but it also means taking up his character.  Christ did not turn his back on the people who did not believe Him and neither should any Christian.  We are here to live by example, not condemn because we think we're better than everyone else.  Someone needs to let the governor know that whether behind closed doors or out in the open, his philosophy isn't biblical and many Christians won't count him as their brother either.