Change is the only constant, and I think we are going to see some major and massive changes in the not-too-distant future.
Today we are seeing a crisis of character in our leaders, both social and spiritual. The result is an ever-growing distrust in our leaders and institutions. A question of competency is also being asked and answered. In a word: Cynicism.
We are also experiencing a generational changeover, a transition of tradition. We have seen the last two generations come and “are going” with their wealth and wisdom diminishing. We are discovering that both have been spent with little contribution or continuation to show for it. Of course, on the technological side we are advancing, but on the ethical and moral side we are collapsing. In a word: Pessimism.
Even now, churches are closing; some are shrinking. COVID gave people a reason to stay home and “worship,” and the habit has stuck. But there are other reasons, and the church’s response has been to try to lure people back by sociology, not spirituality. Seminaries and Bible colleges are also shrinking, merging, and closing. But what is even worse is the lack of doctrinal truth and the inculcation of theological error. In a word: Syncretism
Do not hear what I am not saying. I am saying that the world has always been this way and the church has always been called to be the salt and light, the pillar of truth to preserve and present the only durable hope there has ever been to a lost and dying world.
Nietzsche declared, “When the world discovers that God is dead, there will be universal madness.” Well, Nietzsche is dead, but Jesus is alive. In a word: Optimism
I’m not a prophet or the son of a prophet, but I know this: Jesus is the sure and steady anchor of my soul.
Now the God of peace who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen Hebrews 13:20-21
Serving Him with you
Until He comes for us, Fred
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