Oftentimes in warfare....over the millennia but particularly in recent centuries....one side in the conflict....at a well-planned out strategic moment....wages everything on an all-out assault....in fact reports out of Venezuela today have one rebelling soldier saying...."it's now or never.' Sometimes that final assault leads to victory.....and sometimes defeat.
America has been in a battle of the mind for many decades over the issue of homosexuality. Somewhere in the past few decades the 'gay agenda' as it has become known in some quarters launched that full-scale attack....and now twenty or so years later.....it has won....hands-down. Our government....our Supreme Court....essentially won the day for the gay agenda with it's decision on marriage.
The only skirmishes left today are over the right of Christians to live their lives according to God's Word on this issue....and raise their children in obedience to God's Word. I cannot use the phrase anymore....'what is at stake'....because it's a done deal....our children are to be led....sometimes under legal restriction....most of the time very subtly....by beliefs that oppose God's Word.
Entertainment had been at the forefront of this battle for the mind through television shows and movies. Higher education did their part....the liberal church.....which in reality is no Christian church....did their part.....and the evangelical church aided the effort in its failure to preach Christ....thus nullifying the power of the preached Word....and thereby weakening America....while opting instead to fit nicely in the culture.
Within my own extended family.....and I presume the vast majority of typical American families....those associated with liberal denominations.....and very sadly many within evangelical denominations....there appears to be little to no concern whatsoever with the direction that America has taken. No one seems to care anymore....maybe we ought to rethink some of the things they told us years ago about God's commandments?
This is old news now. I bring it up in this post as it relates to God's judgment upon America....along with the numerous other 'issues' where we have rebelled against our creator.... against our benefactor and sustainer of over four centuries now....if we were to go back to the very beginnings. This particular issue is by no means the only issue....or even the main issue....in discerning if this is the last generation....or the very last of the last days.....before Jesus Christ returns....but it should at least be a shock to our system.
The miraculous appearing of the state of Israel in 1948 is the most obvious event.....but a century of war.....with an increasing domestic violence....abortion....terrorism....suicidal technologies....along with a planet heaving under geologic strain....are other evidences....and there are many more.
Yet....yet....evangelicals on the whole think that if they but keep that GDP up....and keep those mutual funds providing a comfortable cushion....that the decades will just roll on. All the evidence of God moving quickly on the world's scene---is out-right ignored....all the warnings from over a half century coming to fruition---not even analyzed.....all the violence.....all the rejection of God's Word....and all the common sense and logical deduction that tells us that things simply cannot go on like they are....and certainly not as what has been called....'the last bastion of freedom'....collapses from its own obesity brought on by gorging itself on pottage that it had chosen over the fruit of the Spirit---all these things are but as an uncomfortable armchair as we watch our entertainments on the telly....or a big hairdo blocking the view of the field....or a weather bulletin just as the winner of the big award is announced.
American Gospel, Christ Alone
NOTE: I'd like to use this space to recommend to you an approximately 1 hour YouTube called....American Gospel, Christ Alone. There is a DVD these people put out that runs over two hours that can be purchased....and there is a short 'trailer' available also....but what you should check out right now is the YouTube where you will find interviews with some of America's top Christian teachers!
Br
America has been in a battle of the mind for many decades over the issue of homosexuality. Somewhere in the past few decades the 'gay agenda' as it has become known in some quarters launched that full-scale attack....and now twenty or so years later.....it has won....hands-down. Our government....our Supreme Court....essentially won the day for the gay agenda with it's decision on marriage.
The only skirmishes left today are over the right of Christians to live their lives according to God's Word on this issue....and raise their children in obedience to God's Word. I cannot use the phrase anymore....'what is at stake'....because it's a done deal....our children are to be led....sometimes under legal restriction....most of the time very subtly....by beliefs that oppose God's Word.
Entertainment had been at the forefront of this battle for the mind through television shows and movies. Higher education did their part....the liberal church.....which in reality is no Christian church....did their part.....and the evangelical church aided the effort in its failure to preach Christ....thus nullifying the power of the preached Word....and thereby weakening America....while opting instead to fit nicely in the culture.
Within my own extended family.....and I presume the vast majority of typical American families....those associated with liberal denominations.....and very sadly many within evangelical denominations....there appears to be little to no concern whatsoever with the direction that America has taken. No one seems to care anymore....maybe we ought to rethink some of the things they told us years ago about God's commandments?
This is old news now. I bring it up in this post as it relates to God's judgment upon America....along with the numerous other 'issues' where we have rebelled against our creator.... against our benefactor and sustainer of over four centuries now....if we were to go back to the very beginnings. This particular issue is by no means the only issue....or even the main issue....in discerning if this is the last generation....or the very last of the last days.....before Jesus Christ returns....but it should at least be a shock to our system.
The miraculous appearing of the state of Israel in 1948 is the most obvious event.....but a century of war.....with an increasing domestic violence....abortion....terrorism....suicidal technologies....along with a planet heaving under geologic strain....are other evidences....and there are many more.
Yet....yet....evangelicals on the whole think that if they but keep that GDP up....and keep those mutual funds providing a comfortable cushion....that the decades will just roll on. All the evidence of God moving quickly on the world's scene---is out-right ignored....all the warnings from over a half century coming to fruition---not even analyzed.....all the violence.....all the rejection of God's Word....and all the common sense and logical deduction that tells us that things simply cannot go on like they are....and certainly not as what has been called....'the last bastion of freedom'....collapses from its own obesity brought on by gorging itself on pottage that it had chosen over the fruit of the Spirit---all these things are but as an uncomfortable armchair as we watch our entertainments on the telly....or a big hairdo blocking the view of the field....or a weather bulletin just as the winner of the big award is announced.
American Gospel, Christ Alone
NOTE: I'd like to use this space to recommend to you an approximately 1 hour YouTube called....American Gospel, Christ Alone. There is a DVD these people put out that runs over two hours that can be purchased....and there is a short 'trailer' available also....but what you should check out right now is the YouTube where you will find interviews with some of America's top Christian teachers!
Br
