Wednesday.....Culture.....Two Purposes

Our culture is experiencing some phenomenons of late. The projections for Facebook are nothing short of remarkable, and I can't keep up with the capabilities of cell phones. Blogs seem to be another phenomenon. I don't even visit other blogs and really do not know what the norm is. I only know what my purpose is here. I feel that after 233 years, this nation is in danger of collapse. We are not a socialist people and would fail at it even more miserably than everyone else does. We are a religious people whose traditions and beliefs were different from Europe since before we shed the shackles of monarchy. They (Europe) are on the way to a One World Government, or as near it as as they can get, and they have little discernment as to what disaster and tyranny that will lead to. As liberal Christianity from Europe, which is no Christianity at all, ravaged the American church in the 19th century, rampant secularism, socialism and a mother earth paganism are today sucking our lifeblood like a leach. This nation that once amazed the entire world with its concepts of freedom and liberty is turning into a lemming. We cannot spot false prophets, our unity has disintegrated into a tribal mentality; we were drunk with our own prosperity and when attacked by enemies, we struggled to keep resolve. As of today, we still have a Constitutional Republic, and although our election process seems to be at the mercy of manipulators, we have to work within that framework. More importantly, the substance of our religious traditions has diverted from where its true strength is. We have become an America of the Community Church. Our doctrine is strong, aggressive and highly defensive but it is strong in its demand that there is little of it, aggressive in its calling anything that goes beyond it legalism, and highly defensive when given the suggestion that we are in a weak church age and may have to retrace our steps. There are two mysteries that perplex me: Why did God extend His grace to me who deserved His wrath, and, how long will He withhold His wrath from America as it labors diligently to push Him into the furthest room, and then close the door? You will find no theological treatises in this blog for they are out there for whoever wants to find them. These are conversations, albeit my side alone, where there may be an idea or two that you have not heard, and then continue the conversation with your own thoughts. As for America, it is our home. It was built by others with much sacrifice and I for one am not in favor of renovation with materials that are not as strong and a design that will not hold up in high winds. As for the church, everyone who has trusted in Christ, and in Him alone is my brother and sister but to respect their person, over whose person they are, is not love.