Wacky Wednesday--We Shouldn’t Make New Year’s Resolutions

Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.

~We are supposed to be practicing being content with what God empowers us to do, like Paul.

~It’s an insult to God who chooses to love us just as we are.

~Non-Christians, who don’t depend on the power of the Holy Spirit, set goals, too.

~What difference does January 1 make that December 31 doesn’t make?

~Breaking a resolution (the most common result of making one) means now you have the problem and the knowledge that you failed to fix it as well.

~If God gives you the ability to do it, then you don’t need a resolution, and if He doesn’t, then setting one won’t help.

~We fail to keep them far more often than we succeed.