As we have seen in the last blog, we become like the God or gods that we worship. To say it another way, culture follows “cult” or worship, and culture is upstream from social, economic, and political policies and institutions. In addition, we have seen that we live in a
In an increasingly polarized America, religious liberty is eroding. Surely most observers of American society would agree that we are becoming more polarized. We are a nation divided. In fact, we are actually two very different nations sharing one geography, two nations enlivened by two very different moral and metaphysical
God made humans to be free. But free societies do not fall from heaven; they are born within the hearts of people, grounded in biblical principles, and established through obedience to all that Christ commanded. That mandate comes in the context of a war for the hearts and minds of
Postmodernism is spreading around the globe, bringing with it a new definition of sexuality and marriage. In fact, as the principles of postmodernism turn to policy, traditional concepts of human sexuality and marriage are being abandoned in favor of sexual orientation and gender identity. These changes seem not to be
Most Christ followers are ordinary people. And ordinary people often think their own circle is too small to be of much use to the kingdom. Great preachers, celebrity Christians, mega-church pastors, trained missionaries … these are the people who achieve great things in the kingdom. But not me. This is
A new fascism is on the rise in the West. A pluralistic framework will not create a pluralistic social and political order. As we have written before, social and political pluralism rests on the nonpluralistic foundation of Judeo-Christian Theism. In other words, because of Judeo-Christian influence, people are free to
Richard Weaver famously said, “Ideas have consequences.” They also have antecedents. In this post, we’ll look at the genesis of the ideas behind the toxic new religion (TNR hereafter) which is assaulting Western civilization. Who were its prophets, and what drove them? Arguably the most influential prophets—the great philosophers whose
Pluralism is grounded in the Judeo-Christian worldview “When Muslims are in the minority, they complain about being oppressed. But the minute they become the majority, they become real oppressors because of the inherent intolerance of their culture.” So writes Ed Straker in American Thinker. He is describing one of the
We muddle and even dismiss our humanity when we reject God. The truth of God’s existence has been revealed with such clarity that people who refuse to acknowledge God must suppress the truth. They must repeatedly and actively submerge the reality that continues to confront them, like a child pushing the jack
Answer: God’s invisible, moral character is revealed in His creation. Question: How can the invisible be visible? That’s where we ended last Thursday’s post. Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities … have been clearly seen, Romans 1:19–20. The creation makes visible the invisible. This seems like a conundrum.
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