Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, the concept of Karma is not, at root, a Christian one. If you recall, karma essentially says that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. If you see someone suffering, the iron law of karma means that that person did something to deserve that suffering, either now or in a previous life. Karma is the law of individual retribution, and there are no exceptions to it. This doctrine is a very comforting one, because it assures us that if we are good we will prosper and that there is no such thing as a suffering innocent person. But precisely for those reasons, it is also inadequate and just plain wrong. You see, the Biblical view teaches the solidarity of the human race. We are all in this together, and when you see an innocent person suffering it's not because of his crimes in his previous life but rather because of his membership in a guilty race. To be human is to be subject to the human condition of sin and misery. Yes, of course, much suffering is individually deserved. But much suffering isn't. Much success is individually deserved; but much isn't. Yet with those qualifications made, I think the term "karma" can be rehabilitated, filled with Christian content, when we understand that not everything is individual in God's world. Much is corporate. Yet on the individual side of things, and in general, God's world is one which if you do good, you'll get good, while if you do evil, you'll get evil.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...