Back in the 80s....or even the 90s....and even as recently as a decade ago....you could not in your wildest dreams even imagine the America of 2019. I have posted for a decade on the dangers of communism.....commenting favorably at times when radio talk show hosts were bold enough to even use the word......which wasn't often anyway.....and today communism absolutely rules the Democrat Party....but the the radio hosts now know it. Who could have imagined a President Trump....a demigod if there ever was one....who has in spite of so much evidence of his mental health issues....and strong-armed cover-ups....and complete disdain of truth from morning till night.....who has transfixed with horror those conservatives who had not already been swept away.
I want to utter....."How could this be?".....but I know very well how it happened. God warned us for many decades on where we were heading not only as a nation but as a people.....His prophetic Word in the Old Testament.....which we should be reading all the time....gives example after example as Israel and even Judah transgressing to the point of being severely judged.....as God simply lifted His hand from them....and now it is us. God simply let us go in the direction that we wanted to go.....and we don't even have enough discernment to see the situation that we are in. In fact we....on our side....are rejoicing in what should be misery.
We....once again on our side.....brought forth our valuables......ethics and truth among them....which were melted down....only this time with the purities taken out of them instead of the impurities......and then the whole mess fashioned into a golden-haired calf. Had Moses and Joshua descended upon that arena last night.....Joshua would have thought it at times war chants. You may have missed this.....Lara Trump spoke on the platform and then introduced her husband Eric......who sauntered in while the Trump campaign played one of their staples....the Rolling Stones.....Sympathy For The Devil.
We are surely destroyed for lack of knowledge. Folks.....I'm in the car.....actually the truck.....quite often....and I have been for years in the habit of praying a short prayer for each and every single church that I pass.....which is obviously a lot of churches. I don't care if they are faithful Presbyterian or Baptist or Lutheran Missouri Synod churches or if they are the impoverished and biblically destitute typical liberal churches. I Pray for that congregation....for unless God's Holy Spirit moves as winds on ripened wheatfields on those pulpits we will continue to sing and dance right down to the seaside where a wicker windmill is prepared for our sacrifice.
Note: In case you are not familiar with the song mentioned above....a very well-known Rock & Roll song by the way.....the lyrics begin with the following and then continue in the same vein.....and this song is played often at Trump rallies.....is there no one in that campaign who has a clue....or do they just not care....and why haven't Christians at least demanded that it be dropped from the playlist?
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul to waste
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate.
Note and update: Vincent van Gogh's father was a preacher in the Reformed tradition. Vincent expressed a passion to become a pastor himself and even gave it a try but later had to admit...."I have not been trained for the church." In one early letter to his brother Theo (1875) he wrote....."Theo, I want to make a suggestion that may perhaps surprise you. Do not read Michelet any longer or any other book but the Bible till we meet again at Christmas." I've met so many men like this in the past 37 years....in fact to a certain extent I was one myself. They taste the gospel that it is good....and can become passionate evangelists for the rest of their lives....but partially because this is an age of faddish theologies they never really learn the faith they espouse. Churches today often rush men in various church 'ministries'....without teaching them first.....primarily because they themselves are untaught. I search various church websites often....you might try this also....they will list scores of ministries offered but you can search in vain for any description of their beliefs other than the most basic elements of past creeds.
I want to utter....."How could this be?".....but I know very well how it happened. God warned us for many decades on where we were heading not only as a nation but as a people.....His prophetic Word in the Old Testament.....which we should be reading all the time....gives example after example as Israel and even Judah transgressing to the point of being severely judged.....as God simply lifted His hand from them....and now it is us. God simply let us go in the direction that we wanted to go.....and we don't even have enough discernment to see the situation that we are in. In fact we....on our side....are rejoicing in what should be misery.
We....once again on our side.....brought forth our valuables......ethics and truth among them....which were melted down....only this time with the purities taken out of them instead of the impurities......and then the whole mess fashioned into a golden-haired calf. Had Moses and Joshua descended upon that arena last night.....Joshua would have thought it at times war chants. You may have missed this.....Lara Trump spoke on the platform and then introduced her husband Eric......who sauntered in while the Trump campaign played one of their staples....the Rolling Stones.....Sympathy For The Devil.
We are surely destroyed for lack of knowledge. Folks.....I'm in the car.....actually the truck.....quite often....and I have been for years in the habit of praying a short prayer for each and every single church that I pass.....which is obviously a lot of churches. I don't care if they are faithful Presbyterian or Baptist or Lutheran Missouri Synod churches or if they are the impoverished and biblically destitute typical liberal churches. I Pray for that congregation....for unless God's Holy Spirit moves as winds on ripened wheatfields on those pulpits we will continue to sing and dance right down to the seaside where a wicker windmill is prepared for our sacrifice.
Note: In case you are not familiar with the song mentioned above....a very well-known Rock & Roll song by the way.....the lyrics begin with the following and then continue in the same vein.....and this song is played often at Trump rallies.....is there no one in that campaign who has a clue....or do they just not care....and why haven't Christians at least demanded that it be dropped from the playlist?
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul to waste
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate.
Note and update: Vincent van Gogh's father was a preacher in the Reformed tradition. Vincent expressed a passion to become a pastor himself and even gave it a try but later had to admit...."I have not been trained for the church." In one early letter to his brother Theo (1875) he wrote....."Theo, I want to make a suggestion that may perhaps surprise you. Do not read Michelet any longer or any other book but the Bible till we meet again at Christmas." I've met so many men like this in the past 37 years....in fact to a certain extent I was one myself. They taste the gospel that it is good....and can become passionate evangelists for the rest of their lives....but partially because this is an age of faddish theologies they never really learn the faith they espouse. Churches today often rush men in various church 'ministries'....without teaching them first.....primarily because they themselves are untaught. I search various church websites often....you might try this also....they will list scores of ministries offered but you can search in vain for any description of their beliefs other than the most basic elements of past creeds.
