Intolerant
Intolerant, an adjective, to be unable or unwilling to endure. The first time I remember hearing the word was in the verb form, tolerate. I was in the sixth grade. My “homeroom” teacher was the principle of the elementary school. He would always say “I will not tolerate…..”, or “your… will not be tolerated, that would be some misbehavior on someone’s part. Out came the dictionary so that I would know what in the world he was talking about.That was a big word then. Today, the word has become a brand to describe everyone who disagrees with your particular social or political agenda. It is used to beat you down and make you cower as soon as the word is tossed into the air. You are to tremble in fear if you are labeled as intolerant. It is used to degrade your opinion or knowledge and is an effort to make them irrelevant. As a Christian, I have learned that we should be intolerant of sin. I have also learned that sin wants to be tolerated. Truth shows sin as it is. Sin seeks to...