Hello

The idea for this blog came out of two things:

First, it came out of a discussion recently with a friend about what the Gospel means. A great number of Christians focus too much on salvation in light of eternity. But what about salvation now, here on earth? We have been freed by God’s sacrifice of his son, Jesus Christ, and are therefore no longer under the bondage of sin. This is always nice to talk about and focus on (as it should be). But we are also called to get our hands and knees dirty to help one another–the orphans and widows; the sick and less fortunate; our brothers and sisters throughout the church universal. We don’t like to talk about this because it’s inconvenient. It makes us uneasy to think about helping someone who hasn’t had a bath in a year. But these are God’s people, too.

His church is more than just here in the United States. In fact, we are a pathetic part of his church that limps along in its complacency. We have grown accustomed to the easy gospel found here in America that’s free of persecution and hardships. We have forgotten that almost all of the church throughout history has fought an uphill battle to stay alive. The idea of the church fighting to stay alive is sort of an odd statement, seeing as how countless people have stood in the path of death in order to further the Kingdom of God. Finding a story in the Bible that relates to a “safe” Christianity is impossible. So let us all wake up and start getting dirty.

Second, I was reading recently about Zach Hunter, a 15 year-old who is traveling around the world to raise awareness about modern day slavery. Studies have shown that human trafficking is the second largest criminal activity, right behind drug trafficking (27 million people worldwide). I was moved to want to do something about this, but was quickly overwhelmed by the largeness of this problem. What can I as one person, who is currently in school and trying to support a family, do?

Therein lies the two-fold purpose of this blog. One, I want to raise awarenss about modern day slavery around the world and right here at home in the U.S. I also was to challenge people to wake up, take hold of their faith, and live through the freedom that Christ gave us. We cannot change the world if we ourselves are not changed.

So why Eliezer Project? Moses named his second son Eliezer, because “My father’s God (Eli) was my helper (ezer), rescuing me from Pharaoh’s sword” (Exodus 18:4). God saved the Israelites from slavery. As already mentioned, by desire is to see slavery abolished around the globe.

Blessings