October 11, 2024

“America is the best possible place at the worst possible time.”

Why is America the best? The Church. Why is America the worst? The Church.


The Church was the formulating catalyst for the foundation of America. The Church was the fundamental conscience of our culture, the pillar of our society. It spoke with grace and truth and guided a young nation to honor God and bless the world.


The Church today has lost it voice. It does not seem to know how to speak the truth in love. It has capitulated concerning the concept of truth and is confused concerning the expression of biblical love.


What can we do as a culture or as citizens? 


  • Remember what the Lord desires.
  • Repent of what we have become.  
  • Return to walking in wisdom, walking in the light, walking in love.


LET'S NOT FORGET. WE ARE THE CHURCH.


Serving Him with you

Until He comes for us.

Fred   

October 4, 2024

The House of Delusion is Cheap to Build But Drafty to Live In

~A.E. Housman~

It appears that many Christians are living in a delusional world. They have constructed their view of the world - a worldview - which is partially biblical but potentially worldly. The problem has to do with truth.


As Os Guinness reminds us. “a climate has been created in which flagrant nonsense or complete error can be believed, and incontrovertible truth, in turn can be disbelieved—without the question of their being objectively true or false being raised at all. In short, we have created a climate in which a thing’s seeming to be true is often mistaken for its being true.” Sounds like it must be a political season!!!!!


The church is to be the pillar of truth, the salt and light of a society. We can only do and be that if we do what Jesus said. We must build our house upon the rock and not on the sand.


Instead, we often begin with a dollop of the Bible, season it with American pragmatism, add a pinch of civic religion, and a spoonful of mysticism, top it off with a donation to a charity, and lightly dusted with a smile. Bake for a generation and we have a scrumptious, syncretistic, societally acceptable meal that appears to go down easy, but it's not very nourishing and it may leave a sour taste.


We must always remember Madeleine L’Engle, “Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable.” It is disastrous to confuse them.


Jesus reminds us “Thy word is truth.” (John 17)


Serving Him with you

Until He comes for us.

Fred